She is a co-author of a recent study on how language can
stigmatise people with mental health problems.
However, Ms Cooper said: "What I won't do is fall in to what I think is a Tory trap of using language which
stigmatises those who are not working.
Dawes said: "The inappropriate and wholly unnecessary use of outfits could
stigmatise people with mental illness."
The methodological point to be made here, then, is that research questions, and the more detailed interview questions that emerge out of them, need to be structured in such a way as to avoid a radical distinction between those who
stigmatise and those who are stigmatised if they are to tell us anything worthwhile.
Kate Billingham, director of the project and deputy chief nursing officer, told The Guardian she rejected suggestions that the scheme could
stigmatise deprived children.
To
stigmatise people in such a way is totally outrageous.
Although family members, particularly mothers, often provide much needed support for the mentally ill, they can also be the source of negative attitudes that
stigmatise these patients and impede their recovery.
PLANS to raise the age for buying booze to 21 would
stigmatise young people, a senior MSP said yesterday.
It's part of a huge, government-inspired campaign to
stigmatise smokers with the intention of banning smoking in all public places.