The stigma receptivity scale and its association with mental health service use among bereaved older adults

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-141

  Bambauer, Kara Zivin ^a   Prigerson, Holly Gwen ^b  

^a HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Health services utilization; Mental health; Stigma; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 32944480578     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000198200.20936.03     Document Type: Article

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