Stigma against mental illness.

Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity

Postgraduate Medical Journal · 1969 · 14.3K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Social Psychology, Sociology +17

A Modified Labeling Theory Approach to Mental Disorders: An Empirical Assessment

Bruce G. Link, Francis T. Cullen, Elmer L. Struening et al. · American Sociological Review · 1989 · 1.9K citations

Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Psychology +15

The Social Rejection of Former Mental Patients: Understanding Why Labels Matter

Bruce G. Link, Francis T. Cullen, James Frank et al. · American Journal of Sociology · 1987 · 1.3K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +13

Depression, somatization and the “new cross-cultural psychiatry”

Arthur M. Kleinman · Social Science & Medicine (1967) · 1977 · 1.2K citations

Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology +11

The Effectiveness of Stigma Coping Orientations: Can Negative Consequences of Mental Illness Labeling be Avoided?

Bruce G. Link, Jerrold Mirotznik, Francis T. Cullen · Journal of Health and Social Behavior · 1991 · 522 citations

Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Psychology +16