BACKGROUND: Despite the notion of stigma as a socio-cultural process with the concept rooted in social space rather than in individual space, global studies examining impact of cultural differences on

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Cultural Differences in Psychosis: The Role of Causal Beliefs and Stigma in White British and South Asians (2019) · doi

  While previous research has demonstrated the negative impact of stigma in individuals with mental health problems, little is known about cross-cultural differences in experiences and explanations of mental health, in particular in young people, despite the first episode of psychosis often occurring in adolescence.

  Keywords: mental health previous negative impact stigma individuals problems little known cross cultural differences experiences explanations
• Effect of national cultural dimensions and consumption rates on stigma toward alcohol and substance use disorders (2021) · doi

  BACKGROUND: Despite the notion of stigma as a socio-cultural process with the concept rooted in social space rather than in individual space, global studies examining impact of cultural differences on stigma toward substance use disorders are lacking.

  Keywords: stigma cultural space background despite notion socio process concept rooted social rather individual global examining
• Marked by Association(s): A Social Network Approach to Investigating Mental Health-Related Associative Stigma (2024) · doi

  With most scholarly attention directed toward understanding the stigma experiences of individuals with mental illness, less attention has been given to associative stigma: an understudied form of social exclusion and devaluation experienced by the social ties of stigmatized individuals.

  Keywords: attention stigma individuals social scholarly directed toward understanding experiences mental illness less given associative understudied