Psychiatric disorders, variously conceptualized, have always been a part of human life. They typically, but not always, are judged as negative differences from so-called “normality.” Along with this judgment, they are often stigmatized to varying degrees and in various ways. As sociologist Erving Goffman argued back in 1963, stigmatization spoils social identity. It has profound […]
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