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Sylvia Caras <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:20:16 -0700
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"Indeed, research suggests that the embracing of biogenetic rather 
than social explanations of mental distress risks amplifying the very 
negative attitudes and discriminations which these campaigns 
ostensibly seek to eliminate."

The researchers put forward an analysis of stigma as a "political 
apparatus that enables and entrenches existing structures and systems 
of power that, in turn, legitimize inequalities and injustices."

https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/07/anti-stigma-campaigns-enable-inequality-sociologists-argue/ 

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