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Self-Stigma in Adults Living With Chronic Skin Disease: Development of the HautKompass Web-Based Program and Pilot Test of Its Usability, Acceptability, and Feasibility

Self-Stigma in Adults Living With Chronic Skin Disease: Development of the HautKompass Web-Based Program and Pilot Test of Its Usability, Acceptability, and Feasibility

To alleviate this debilitating impact, psychosocial interventions reducing self-stigma in persons with chronic skin disease are urgently needed. Systematic reviews by Topp et al [7] and Traxler et al [8] reported that most interventions including counseling, self-help, social skills training, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), generally had positive effects on self-stigma and related constructs.

Juliane Traxler, Caroline F Z Stuhlmann, Neuza da Silva Burger, Christian Stierle, Vahid Djamei, Anna Darzina, Marie Rudnik, Rachel Sommer

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e70290

Integrated Behavioral and Biological Surveillance Among People Living With HIV Visiting the Antiretroviral Therapy Centers in India: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Surveillance

Integrated Behavioral and Biological Surveillance Among People Living With HIV Visiting the Antiretroviral Therapy Centers in India: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Surveillance

However, stigma, lack of awareness, and missing linkages between testing and treatment services remain significant challenges to advancing the End of AIDS agenda. Additionally, the lack of data on key indicators, such as viral suppression rates among high-risk groups, makes it difficult to design effective health programs that address the specific needs of populations affected by the HIV epidemic in the country [6].

Pradeep Kumar, Santhakumar Aridoss, Malathi Mathiyazhakan, Subasri Dhanusu, Chinmoyee Das, Shobini Rajan, Arvind Kumar, Subrata Biswas, Elangovan Arumugam

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e58252

Stigma Attitudes Toward HIV/AIDS From 2011 Through 2023 in Japan: Retrospective Study in Japan

Stigma Attitudes Toward HIV/AIDS From 2011 Through 2023 in Japan: Retrospective Study in Japan

In health care settings, stigma decreases medication adherence and reduces trust in health care practitioners (HCPs) among those experiencing HIV stigma [10]. The effects of HIV stigma are not limited to health care behaviors or social interaction but also contribute to an overall poor quality of life [11-13].

Yi Piao, Nao Taguchi, Keisuke Harada, Kunihiro Hirahara, Yosuke Takaku, John Austin, KuanYeh Lee, Yui Shiozawa, Yunfei Cheng, Yoji Inoue

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e69696

Evaluating the Usability, Acceptability, User Experience, and Design of an Interactive Responsive Platform to Improve Perinatal Nurses’ Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward Substance Use in Pregnancy: Mixed Methods Study

Evaluating the Usability, Acceptability, User Experience, and Design of an Interactive Responsive Platform to Improve Perinatal Nurses’ Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward Substance Use in Pregnancy: Mixed Methods Study

Interventions that have been studied use didactics to increase awareness about the need to reduce stigma and increase compassion [20]. However, these interventions do not reflect the overwhelming evidence that education alone is not sufficient to change practice behavior [21,22] and that stigmatized attitudes may prevent the application of education to individual practice [23].

Michael Rubyan, Yana Gouseinov, Mikayla Morgan, Deborah Rubyan, Divya Jahagirdar, David Choberka, Carol J Boyd, Clayton Shuman

JMIR Hum Factors 2025;12:e67685

Health Care Professionals' Engagement With Digital Mental Health Interventions in the United Kingdom and China: Mixed Methods Study on Engagement Factors and Design Implications

Health Care Professionals' Engagement With Digital Mental Health Interventions in the United Kingdom and China: Mixed Methods Study on Engagement Factors and Design Implications

The impact of self-stigma on DMHI engagement was apparent among Chinese participants. For example, one participant thought DMHIs were unnecessary because HCPs should be able to address their own problems (quote 28 in Multimedia Appendix 2). Other participants displayed similar attitudes and associated personal and professional virtues with mental well-being (quotes 30 and 31 in Multimedia Appendix 2).

Zheyuan Zhang, Sijin Sun, Laura Moradbakhti, Andrew Hall, Celine Mougenot, Juan Chen, Rafael A Calvo

JMIR Ment Health 2025;12:e67190

Stigma and Behavior Change Techniques in Substance Use Recovery: Qualitative Study of Social Media Narratives

Stigma and Behavior Change Techniques in Substance Use Recovery: Qualitative Study of Social Media Narratives

Given the salience of stigma in substance use recovery, posts were eligible if they contained keywords suggesting that stigma might be present, including adjectives that are highly indicative of stigma (eg, “shame,” “untrustworthy,” and “disappoint”), pejorative labels (eg, “crackhead,” “junkie,” and “alcoholic”), and references to persons who might be involved in stigma-related experiences (eg, partners, parents, and coworkers).

Annie T Chen, Lexie C Wang, Shana Johnny, Sharon H Wong, Rahul K Chaliparambil, Mike Conway, Joseph E Glass

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e57468

Women’s Educating and Coping Strategies for Cultivating Supportive Web-Based Spaces for Discussing Sexual and Reproductive Health: Co-Design Study

Women’s Educating and Coping Strategies for Cultivating Supportive Web-Based Spaces for Discussing Sexual and Reproductive Health: Co-Design Study

In many cultures, including South Korea (hereafter referred to as Korea), unmarried women grapple with the stigma surrounding sexual and reproductive health (SRH), often opting to suffer in silence rather than seek necessary care [1-6]. Conversations about SRH topics—such as contraception, menstruation, sexual discomfort, or sexual pleasure—remain taboo, hindering access to essential services, such as screening and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) [3,7].

Hyeyoung Ryu, Wanda Pratt

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e62716

Promises and Pitfalls of Internet Search Data in Mental Health: Critical Review

Promises and Pitfalls of Internet Search Data in Mental Health: Critical Review

Perceived risk related to stigma and adherence to digital mental health initiatives are also important considerations. Fourth, existing studies have been limited by small sample sizes—typically 100 participants or fewer. However, for accurate detection of psychopathology, language models must be highly complex and training of such models requires thousands of observations [46]. Moreover, model generalizability must be evaluated using new sample populations.

Alexandre Andrade Loch, Roman Kotov

JMIR Ment Health 2025;12:e60754

Relative Preference for In-Person, Telehealth, Digital, and Pharmacologic Mental Health Care After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study

Relative Preference for In-Person, Telehealth, Digital, and Pharmacologic Mental Health Care After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study

In both samples, there was a greater overall preference for in-person than digital treatment, but there was a significantly greater preference for digital treatment for those with higher levels of help-seeking self-stigma [18]. Greater preferences for digital treatment options have also been found for select groups, such as first-year college students [19].

E Marie Parsons, Zoë G Figueroa, Michele Hiserodt, Talea Cornelius, Michael W Otto

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e54608

Impact of a Virtual Reality Intervention on Stigma, Empathy, and Attitudes Toward Patients With Psychotic Disorders Among Mental Health Care Professionals: Randomized Controlled Trial

Impact of a Virtual Reality Intervention on Stigma, Empathy, and Attitudes Toward Patients With Psychotic Disorders Among Mental Health Care Professionals: Randomized Controlled Trial

In turn, attitude and empathy levels can also be influenced by the level of stigma [7]. Stigma has been commonly associated with psychotic disorders [8]. Some negative perceptions of individuals with psychotic disorders included inaccurate and pejorative labels such as “unpredictable,” “violent,” and “aggressive,” even by health care workers [9,10]. Thus, stigma potentially prevents individuals who experience psychotic disorders from seeking help, as they fear discrimination [1].

Jing Ling Tay, Yuanrong Qu, Lucas Lim, Rohan Puthran, Chye Lee Robert Tan, Rajkirren Rajendran, Ker Chiah Wei, Huiting Xie, Kang Sim

JMIR Ment Health 2025;12:e66925