Devaluation or exclusion associated with a perceived mental disorder. Public attitudes, experienced discrimination, anticipated discrimination, self-stigma and structural stigma are distinguishable and require different measures.
Treating genetic influence as a fixed, defining and categorically separating essence. Genetic contribution does not logically imply immutability, uniformity or inability to participate in ordinary social life.
Allowing an existing diagnosis to substitute for adequate consideration of a separate difficulty. In mental-health settings, a psychiatric label can be inappropriately used to explain a physical complaint without examining relevant alternatives.
Reported or observed unfair treatment associated with an attributed characteristic. Self-report, direct observation and institutional records provide different evidence and have distinct sampling limitations.
An expectation of unfair treatment linked to an attributed characteristic. It can influence participation or concealment before a particular rejection occurs; absence of reported prior discrimination does not prove that the expectation is unfounded.
Applying a socially devaluing stereotype to oneself, with consequences for self-understanding or expectations. Anticipating realistic discrimination is different from accepting the stereotype as true.
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