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- Title
Stigmatization and receptivity to mental health services among recently bereaved adults.
- Authors
Johnson, Jeffrey G; First, Michael B; Block, Susan; Vanderwerker, Lauren C; Zivin, Kara; Zhang, Baohui; Prigerson, Holly G
- Abstract
Severe grief symptoms, treatment receptivity, attitudes about grief, and stigmatization concerns were assessed in a community-based sample of 135 widowed participants in the Yale Bereavement Study. There was a statistically significant association between the severity of grief symptoms and reported negative reactions from friends and family members. However, more than 90% of the respondents with complicated grief, a severe grief disorder, reported that they would be relieved to know that having such a diagnosis was indicative of a recognizable psychiatric condition, and 100% reported that they would be interested in receiving treatment for their severe grief symptoms.
- Publication
Death studies, 2009, Vol 33, Issue 8, p691
- ISSN
0748-1187
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/07481180903070392