69 Followers. A. An internist or primary care physician is often able to treat uncomplicated autoimmune disease. But with the advent of new therapies, specifically biologics which require very skilled management, care by a rheumatologist is desirable.
Stigma is broadly defined as a collection of adverse and unfair beliefs. The stigma around mental health most often leads to the inaccurate and hurtful objectification of people as dangerous and incompetent.
Stigma is a confusing term that doesn't get at why people react like they do to the subject of suicide, says Dr. Victor Schwartz, medical director of The Jed Foundation, a nonprofit focused on mental health and suicide prevention in young adults, with a focus on college campuses.