Transdiagnostic Intervention to Reduce Internalized Health-Related Stigma

Description

Stigma due to health conditions increases disease burden and adversely impacts health. The internalization of health-related stigma is associated with impaired mental health and quality of life. The current project will test the effects of a novel, transdiagnostic, group counseling intervention, and peer support, to determine the optimal method for helping patients cope with health-related stigma, reducing its internalization, and enhancing patient quality of life.

Conditions

Obesity, Skin Disease, Cancer, HIV, Diabetes, Chronic Pain

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Study overview

Stigma due to health conditions increases disease burden and adversely impacts health. The internalization of health-related stigma is associated with impaired mental health and quality of life. The current project will test the effects of a novel, transdiagnostic, group counseling intervention, and peer support, to determine the optimal method for helping patients cope with health-related stigma, reducing its internalization, and enhancing patient quality of life.

Transdiagnostic Intervention to Reduce Internalized Health-Related Stigma

Transdiagnostic Intervention to Reduce Internalized Health-Related Stigma

Condition
Obesity
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Gainesville

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age 18 years or older
  • * At least one of the following stigmatized health conditions:
  • * Obesity (or high body weight that negatively affects health)
  • * Skin disease (including but not limited to psoriasis, eczema, or vitiligo)
  • * Cancer (including but not limited to lung, breast, cervical, colorectal, gynecologic, prostate, or head and neck; including individuals in remission)
  • * HIV
  • * Type 1 or type 2 diabetes
  • * Chronic pain
  • * Reported internalization of health-related stigma, as determined by a pre-specified cutoff score on internalized stigma measure and confirmed by interview
  • * Current or recent (past 3 months) receipt of psychotherapy or a psychosocial or peer support intervention, or psychiatric hospitalization in the past 6 months
  • * Recent (past 3 months) change in medications taken for psychiatric reasons
  • * Current, active suicidal thoughts or suicide attempt within the past year
  • * Current or past thought disorder or psychosis, or unmanaged bipolar disorder
  • * Current alcohol/substance use disorder that requires immediate treatment
  • * Health-related stigma due primarily to mental illness or substance use, or due to health conditions not specified in inclusion criteria.
  • * No reported internalization of health-related stigma and/or score below pre-specified cutoff on internalized stigma measure
  • * Unwilling or unable to complete study procedures

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Florida,

Rebecca Pearl, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Florida

Study Record Dates

2027-03-31