title: Stigmatization and receptivity to mental health services among recently bereaved adults.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA. jjohnso@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: First
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: Lauren C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Vanderwerker
authors.forename: Kara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zivin
authors.forename: Baohui
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Holly G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Prigerson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D000368:Aged; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001601:Bereavement; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D013240:Stereotyping; D014481:United States
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