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.
What stigma means. Beyond any definition, stigma has become a marker for adverse experiences (see Box 1â). First among these is a sense of shame. Mental illness, despite centuries of learning and the âDecade of the Brainâ, is still perceived as an indulgence, a sign of weakness.