Am Psychol. 2023 Jul-Aug;78(5):653-655. doi: 10.1037/amp0001198.

ABSTRACT

The APF Gold Medal for Impact in Psychology recognizes Mark L. Hatzenbuehler for his paradigm-shifting approach to understanding and attenuating mental health disparities. Mark L. Hatzenbuehler has worked to position structural stigma as a fundamental cause of population disparities in psychiatric morbidity and other health outcomes and to identify the mechanisms through which stigma compromises health from a theoretically driven multimethod research program focused on biopsychosocial mechanisms. His research has explored the impact of stigma and discrimination on minority communities, specifically lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations. More than any other person in the field, Dr. Hatzenbuehler has given life to so-called structural stigma by creatively deploying data about contexts to show how they affect the mental health, suicide risk, and even longevity of gay and lesbian individuals. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

PMID:37523282 | DOI:10.1037/amp0001198