Parents of adolescents hospitalized in a psychiatric ward inevitably face the stigma associated with mental disorders. First, when experiencing external stigma from others, parents begin to feel blamed and socially shamed for their child’s mental disorder, often being labeled as incompetent parents. The prevailing view is that parents whose children have been diagnosed with mental disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, and especially social phobi

Interview with sexual medicine specialist and psychiatrist Dr. Giedrė Jonušienė.

Stigma in psychiatric settings stems from more than just individual prejudice; it is actively maintained through institutional, linguistic, and emotional defence mechanisms. The glass-enclosed nursing station serves as the most visible symbol of these boundaries. Behind it, documentation rituals, professional language, and diagnostic categories act as institutional defences. While they help clinical staff survive the heavy emotional labour, they simultaneously create the dist

Stigmatization of psychiatric patients, particularly those with co-occurring substance use disorders, is a common reason for exclusion from both society and treatment within the Danish healthcare system. Healthcare professionals are generally aware of this problem and are often able to identify the consequences of societal stigmatization, such as prejudice, exclusion from treatment, judgmental questioning, and unwarranted assumptions. However, institutional logics, profession