Review article

https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2021.378

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST: THE CHRONICLES OF STIGMA AND A PROPOSED SOCIO-COGNITIVE-EMOTIONAL-BEHAVIORAL MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING ITS GENESIS IN COVID-19

Kumari Rina ; Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Vikas Menon ; Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
Susanta Kumar Padhy ; Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Abstract

Stigma is a convoluted interaction between history, sociology, psychology, medicine, anthropology, and politics. Often, stigma is
inter-twined at cognitive-emotional-behavioral level with a socio-cultural-economic-political milieu and hence distinct from
prejudice, discrimination or, stereotypy. Stigma against diseases as a concept has evolved and has differed among various illnesses.
At this time of humanitarian crisis, it is prudent to understand the concept, elements and models of stigma to tackle stigma against
COVID-19 instrumentally. Stigma against COVID-19 can be partially extrapolated from various models described in psychiatry for
mental illness. We propose an integrated socio-cognitive-emotional-behavioral model of stigma to conceptualize and understand the
stigma against COVID-19, a matter of immense public health significance.

Keywords

stigma; stigmatized; models of stigma; COVID-19; pandemic; stigma in COVID-19

Hrčak ID:

266098

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/266098

Publication date:

22.11.2021.

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