Jennifer Stuber

TL;DR: The association of stigma and discrimination with poor health among drug users suggests the need for debate on the relative risks and benefits of stigmatization and discrimination in this context.

TL;DR: The results show that perceptions of individual attributions for smoking behavior and fear about the health consequences of second hand smoke are important influences on smoker-related stigmatization, and important points of leverage to harness the powerful role of stigma in the smoking epidemic are suggested.

TL;DR: The articles develop conceptual and empirical research linking stigma and prejudice; identify under-recognized cultural and policy dynamics that contribute to the formation of stigmatization and prejudice and may mediate their health impacts; describe pathways through which stigma and discrimination affect health outcomes; and explore the implications of these themes for public health practice.

TL;DR: The antitobacco movement has fostered a social transformation that involves the stigmatization of smokers, and this transformation represents a troubling outcome of efforts to limit tobacco use and its associated morbidity and mortality.

TL;DR: A longitudinal study of 184 people with serious mental illness, 76 of whom were court ordered to outpatient treatment and 108 who were not, finds that improvements in symptoms lead to improvements in social functioning and that assignment to mandated outpatient treatment is associated with better functioning and with improvements in quality of life.