Stigma in context: predictors, help-seeking and anti-stigma-interventions (Recent advances in European Stigma Research II)

While stigma research has made substantial progress in understanding public attitudes and subjective experiences of stigma, there is still a dearth of empirical evidence on how the mechanisms of the stigma process operate in specific disorders, pathways to positive and negative outcomes of stigmatization, and the effectiveness of interventions aimed to strengthen service users’ capacities to cope with stigma. New research presented in this symposium attempts to close this gap. Presentations address the complex interplay between individual agency and structural components in mental health services utilization, fo…