Dismantling Structural Stigmatization Through Organizational Transparency, Accountability, and Leadership

• By: Gretchen Grappone, LICSW Training Consultant
• July 18th, 2025
• health equity, intersectionality, leadership engagement, mental health, stigma, structural stigmatization, substance use, Summer 2025 Issue
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In the Summer 2022 edition of Behavioral Health News, my colleague, Jayden Carr, BS, and I wrote an article reviewing the most common forms of stigmatization and their negative effects on people with mental illness and substance use disorders (MI/SUD). The term “stigmatization” rather than...

Acknowledging the Effects of Intersectional Stigmatization

• By: Gretchen Grappone, LICSW Jayden Carr, BS
• July 14th, 2022
• COVID-19, discrimination, intersectional stigmatization, intersectionality, mental illness stigma, stigma, stigmatization effects, substance use disorder stigma, Summer 2022 Issue
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Our work is devoted to helping health professionals learn different types of stigmas, recognize the effects of stigmatization, and guiding the implementation of effective strategies to assess and address those stigmas in a variety of settings. This article outlines the most common forms of mental...