The stigma perceived by people bereaved by suicide and other sudden deaths: A cross-sectional UK study of 3432 bereaved adults

•No studies have confirmed if suicide confers more stigma than other sudden losses.•We compared people bereaved by suicide, sudden natural causes, and sudden unnatural causes.•We found suicide bereavement to be most stigmatising of sudden bereavements.•Suicide bereavement was also associated with sh...

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Main Authors: Pitman, Alexandra L., Osborn, David P.J., Rantell, Khadija, King, Michael B.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Pergamon Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988532/