Authors: Johnson, Jeffrey¹; First, Michael¹; Block, Susan²; Vanderwerker, Lauren³; Zivin, Kara⁴; Zhang, Baohui⁵; Prigerson, Holly³

Source: Death Studies, Volume 33, Number 8, September 2009 , pp. 691-711(21)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481180903070392

Affiliations: 1: Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA,New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA 2: Center for Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Harvard Medical School Center for Palliativ 3: Center for Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 4: Veteran's Administration Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 5: Center for Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Publication date: 2009-09-01

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