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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2026

"I Was Embarrassed to Go and See a Counsellor": Stigma Experienced by Individuals Diagnosed with Mental Illness (A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis).

Oladapo Akinlotan, Dinithi Vidanage, Allen O'connor

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Oladapo AkinlotanFaculty of Health, Medicine & Social Care, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Anglia Ruskin University, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford CM1 1SQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9285-9757
Dinithi VidanageFaculty of Allied Health Sciences, Department of Nursing & Midwifery, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Colombo 10390, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0002-0837-7270
Allen O'connorFaculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, St Helens Road, Ormskirk L39 4QP, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Mental DisordersSocial StigmaHumansdiscriminationmental illnessmeta-synthesisstereotypesstigmasystematic review

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PMID42512177
PMCPMC13410227

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