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

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/
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spelling pubmed-49885322016-08-25 The stigma perceived by people bereaved by suicide and other sudden deaths: A cross-sectional UK study of 3432 bereaved adults Pitman, Alexandra L. Osborn, David P.J. Rantell, Khadija King, Michael B. Article •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 shame, guilt, and responsibility.•Associations applied to both relatives and non-relatives. Pergamon Press 2016-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4988532/ /pubmed/27411748 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.05.009 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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author Pitman, Alexandra L.
Osborn, David P.J.
Rantell, Khadija
King, Michael B.
spellingShingle Pitman, Alexandra L.
Osborn, David P.J.
Rantell, Khadija
King, Michael B.
The stigma perceived by people bereaved by suicide and other sudden deaths: A cross-sectional UK study of 3432 bereaved adults
author_facet Pitman, Alexandra L.
Osborn, David P.J.
Rantell, Khadija
King, Michael B.
author_sort Pitman, Alexandra L.
title The stigma perceived by people bereaved by suicide and other sudden deaths: A cross-sectional UK study of 3432 bereaved adults
title_short The stigma perceived by people bereaved by suicide and other sudden deaths: A cross-sectional UK study of 3432 bereaved adults
title_full The stigma perceived by people bereaved by suicide and other sudden deaths: A cross-sectional UK study of 3432 bereaved adults
title_fullStr The stigma perceived by people bereaved by suicide and other sudden deaths: A cross-sectional UK study of 3432 bereaved adults
title_full_unstemmed The stigma perceived by people bereaved by suicide and other sudden deaths: A cross-sectional UK study of 3432 bereaved adults
title_sort stigma perceived by people bereaved by suicide and other sudden deaths: a cross-sectional uk study of 3432 bereaved adults
description •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 shame, guilt, and responsibility.•Associations applied to both relatives and non-relatives.
publisher Pergamon Press
publishDate 2016
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988532/
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