69 Followers. A. An internist or primary care physician is often able to treat uncomplicated autoimmune disease. But with the advent of new therapies, specifically biologics which require very skilled management, care by a rheumatologist is desirable.
Stigma is broadly defined as a collection of adverse and unfair beliefs. The stigma around mental health most often leads to the inaccurate and hurtful objectification of people as dangerous and incompetent.
Stigma is derived from the Greek and refers to a mark of disgrace; criminals, slaves, and even soldiers were visibly branded in order to be easily identified. Commonly, people use the term âstigmaâ to suggest the shame or disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person. For instance, prostitution and mental illness all carry some stigma in most communities. In social psychological theory, there are two types of stigma. The âdiscreditedâ have some obvious difference from ânormalâ people, as is the case with someone who has lost an arm.