Foundations of biosocial health : stigma and illness interactions / edited by Shir Lerman, Bayla Ostrach, and Merrill Singer.

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In this collection, researchers examine areas in which biosocial health can be better understood through a syndemic framework by looking at how social and biological interactions are driven by stigma.

1. The Role of Drug User Stigmatization in the Making of Drug-Related Syndemics / James Ziegler -- 2. Perception and Discrimination: The Biomedical Foundations of a Syndemic of Substance Abuse, Violence, and Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Ontario, Canada / Gerald McKinley -- 3. Disordered Minds and Disordered Bodies: Stigma, Depression, and Obesity Syndemic in Puerto Rico / Shir Lerman -- 4. Obesity, Depression, and Weight-Related Stigma Syndemics / Seung Yong Han -- 5. The PHAMILIS Stigma Syndemic Among Homeless Women / Merrill Singer -- 6. Dangerous Bodies, Unpredictable Minds: HIV/AIDS, Mental Disorders, and Stigma Syndemics in Western Kenya / Kara Wools-Kaloustian -- 7. Biomedical Moralities: HIV Community Stigma and Risks for HIV/STI Syndemics / Nicholas Emard -- 8. Methamphetamine Addiction, HIV Infection, and Gay Men: Stigma and Suffering / Theodore K. Gideonse.

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