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The harming power of shame

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Shame is a pervasive, multidimensional emotion influencing brain, body and social life. While shame can foster accountability, its toxic forms drive stigma, withdrawal and mental illness. We call for systemic, culturally sensitive interventions to transform phatological shame into healing, fostering empathy, accountability and psychological safety in care, education and policy.

Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2025.10503

Authors: Brian Lawlor, Sandra Baez, Hernando Santamaría-García, Agustin Ibanez

Institutions: Trinity College Dublin, Universidad de Los Andes, Universidad de Los Andes, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Adolfo Ibáñez University, Istanbul Medipol University, University of San Andrés

Language: English

Topic: Emotions and Moral Behavior

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Alzheimer's Association, University of Cambridge, Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center, Fondo de Financiamiento de Centros de Investigación en Áreas Prioritarias

Awards: G103627852, G1581799926, G2118524674, BIOLOGIC EMBEDDING OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND LIFESTYLE IN AGING AND DEMENTIA, CENTRO DE GEROCIENCIA SALUD MENTAL Y METABOLISMO (GERO), G5996283446, NATURAL SPEECH MARKERS OF NEURODEGENERATION AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH FOR DISEASE DISCRIMINATION AND SYMPTOM TRACKING, MAPPING AND MODELING THE HEALTHY AND PATHOLOGICAL AGING TRAJECTORIES OF THE HUMAN BRAIN, G883642430, G9000123810, An automated machine learning approach to language changes in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia across Latino and English-speaking populations, Circadian Disturbance and Dementia in Latin America

OpenAlex ID: W4417076455

FWCI: 1.093

Cites: 9

Cited by: 1

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