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Service Users’ Perspectives on an Integrated Electronic Care Record in Mental Health Care: Qualitative Vignette and Interview Study

Service Users’ Perspectives on an Integrated Electronic Care Record in Mental Health Care: Qualitative Vignette and Interview Study

Several participants were concerned that information in the IECR might “leak” outside the health care system, such as to employers, and would lead to stigma and discrimination in other areas of life. There were also concerns about how certain information in the IECR could lead to the experience of stigma and discrimination within the health care system.

Timothy Kariotis, Megan Prictor, Kathleen Gray, Shanton Chang

JMIR Med Inform 2025;13:e64162

Stigma of Dementia on Social Media During World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month: Thematic Analysis of Posts

Stigma of Dementia on Social Media During World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month: Thematic Analysis of Posts

Another study examined dementia-related stigma on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic and identified issues of misinformation, ageism, and dementia being used as an insult for political ridicule [6]. However, no existing studies have examined the impact of global awareness campaigns on dementia-related stigma. This study examines dementia-related stigma on X during World Alzheimer’s Month, a global advocacy campaign organized by Alzheimer’s Disease International [18].

Juanita-Dawne Bacsu, Jasmine Cassy Mah, Ali Akbar Jamali, Christine Conanan, Samantha Lautrup, Corinne Berger, Dylan Fiske, Sarah Fraser, Anila Virani, Florriann Fehr, Alison L Chasteen, Zahra Rahemi, Shirin Vellani, Melissa K Andrew, Allison Cammer, Katherine S McGilton, Rory Gowda-Sookochoff, Kate Nanson, Karl S Grewal, Raymond J Spiteri

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e72775

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