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Stigmatization and Receptivity to Mental Health Services among Recently Bereaved Adults

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Title: Stigmatization and Receptivity to Mental Health Services among Recently Bereaved Adults
Language: English
Authors: Johnson, Jeffrey G., First, Michael B., Block, Susan
Source: Death Studies. 2009 33(8):691-711.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Physical Description: PDF
Page Count: 21
Publication Date: 2009
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Health Services, Grief, Mental Health Programs, Social Bias, Social Attitudes, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Coping, Correlation, Severity (of Disability), Clinical Diagnosis, Adults, Attitude Measures, Psychological Patterns, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Racial Differences
DOI: 10.1080/07481180903070392
ISSN: 0748-1187
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. (Contains 2 footnotes, 5 tables, and 1 figure.)
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 29
Entry Date: 2009
Accession Number: EJ855679
Database: ERIC
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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. (Contains 2 footnotes, 5 tables, and 1 figure.)
ISSN:0748-1187
DOI:10.1080/07481180903070392