HIV Knowledge Falls Short as Stigma Runs High Among College Students in Southwest China
A sweeping survey of more than 4,000 university students in southwest China has revealed a troubling mismatch at the heart ...
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Online Therapy Cuts Depression, Anxiety and PTSD Symptoms in Correctional Workers, Trial Finds
A randomized controlled trial in Ontario found that a twelve-week online cognitive behavioral therapy program tailored to correctional workers significantly ...
When Divorce Becomes a Moral Label: Indonesian Muslim Teenage Girls Describe Life After Parents Split
A qualitative study of fifteen Indonesian Muslim teenage girls reveals how parental divorce becomes a public moral experience shaped by ...
Medical Students Who Met Patients in Treatment Shed Stigma Toward Addiction
A new quasi-experimental study from Ankara found that a one-month experiential contact program in an addiction treatment center reduced stigma, ...
Why Leprosy Care Comes Late in Tanzania: Stigma, Witchcraft Beliefs and Failing Clinics
A qualitative study in Tanzania traces how witchcraft beliefs, stigma and health-system failures combine to delay leprosy diagnosis and treatment.
In Yemen’s Port City of Aden, Fear, Rumor and Ruin Blocked COVID-19 Response
A qualitative study of 25 community members in Aden reveals interconnected barriers across individual, social, institutional, community and policy levels ...
Feeling Looked Down On Drains Students’ Self-Control and Fuels Smartphone Overuse
A survey of 1,352 Chinese vocational college students links internalized stigma about their educational track to problematic smartphone use through ...
Skin Deep and Wounded: Gaza Dermatology Patients Show Crushing Psychiatric Burden
A cross-sectional study of 248 dermatology clinic attendees in Gaza found extremely high rates of anxiety, depression, stress and probable ...
Sex Work and Male-With-Male Sex Sharply Raise HIV Risk for People Who Inject Drugs, Global Analysis Finds
A global meta-analysis finds that people who inject drugs who engage in sex work or male-with-male sex face substantially elevated ...
When Systems Betray: Parents of Children With Down Syndrome Describe a Hidden Trauma
A Johannesburg qualitative study finds that parents of children with Down syndrome experience trauma driven less by the diagnosis itself ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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