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Characterizing The Relationship Between The Presence Of Depression Risk, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, And Benzodiazepine Use To Get High, Julia Kollitz

Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)

Aim: To determine if there is a relationship between depression risk, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and engaging in benzodiazepine misuse.

Methods: A secondary cross-sectional analysis was conducted on data from a sample of people who use drugs (n=743). Depression risk was assessed via the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale. Meeting DSM-IV criteria for PTSD was identified using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). We used simple and multivariable logistic regression models to estimate the association between mental health factors of interest and benzodiazepine misuse, defined as self-reported benzodiazepine use “to get high” in the past six months.

Results: Of the …

Acceptance-Based Process Variables On Postpartum Well-Being And Distress: The Mediating Role Of Psychological Flexibility., Alexa Bonacquisti, Emily C Woodworth, Maria Diaz, Victoria A Grunberg

PCOM Scholarly Works

OBJECTIVE: Although up to 20% of women experience postpartum depression and/or anxiety, current interventions are limited. Identifying the processes that impact outcomes can inform and enhance interventions. Our study aims to examine: (1) whether acceptance-based process variables (awareness, acceptance, cognitive defusion, psychological flexibility) were associated with postpartum outcomes; and (2) whether psychological flexibility mediated the relationship between treatment engagement and postpartum outcomes.

METHOD: Postpartum women (N = 266) were recruited online using snowball sampling via social media (i.e., Facebook). They completed a cross-sectional survey of validated and reliable quantitative measures assessing their well-being, emotional distress, and acceptance-based processes.

RESULTS: Hierarchical …

Memory And Myth In The Creation Of Identity: The Establishment Of The Vernal Public Library, Suzanne Marie Stauffer

Faculty Publications

Local history and lore reports that the Vernal Public Library owed its inception to a performance of Queen Esther Opera in 1907. However, the Vernal Express makes no mention of such a performance (nor can any such opera be identified), while it does record multiple other community fundraising events held to benefit the public library. One such, a unique event in public library history, occurred in 1908 when the public library association held a benefit performance of a stage version of Owen Wister’s popular Western novel, The Virginian. This documented event, however, seems to have been lost to history, as …

Local Social Capital, Disaster Housing Damage, And Mental Health: Insights From Hurricane Harvey, Ethan J. Raker, Kevin T. Smiley

Faculty Publications

Community-level social capital has been theorized to shape mental health, particularly in disaster contexts, but methodological complexities hamper prior studies. Pairing zip-code-level data on social capital from Opportunity Insights with repeated cross-sectional health survey data before and after Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas, we examine how local social capital moderated the mental health consequences of disaster housing damage. We first document null associations between local social capital and residents’ mental health before the disaster. Next, we fit models predicting psychological distress and poor mental health days, revealing that local levels of economic connectedness and rates of volunteering offset adverse mental …

Impact Report, 2023-2024, Lsu Libraries

Libraries Impact Reports

No abstract provided.

Lsu General Catalog 2024-2025, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College

LSU General Catalog

The LSU General Catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate departments and programs with degree requirements and courses offered for each one. The LSU General Catalog includes information on registration and financial aid as well as academic services offered to all students.

Winter Vacation Activity Manual, Aisha Naz Ansari, Sadia Muzaffar Bhutta, Zarfin Saleem

Institute for Educational Development Pakistan (IED-PK) Archives

This resource is a compilation of activities to help parents and caregivers boost the holistic development of children during and beyond winter vacations.

Use Of An Education And Coaching Intervention To Promote Occupational Balance In Graduate Occupational Therapy Students, Linda M. Rini, Ingrid Provident

Journal of Occupational Therapy Education

This small-scale pilot study was developed to examine the perceived occupational balance of graduate occupational therapy students and implement an education and coaching intervention to promote occupational balance for those who have difficulty achieving and maintaining it. Although literature provides many examples of interventions to facilitate stress relief in graduate students, this is the first to address the promotion of occupational balance in this effort, which has been identified as a student-reported need. A sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach was used to obtain quantitative and qualitative data on occupational therapy students’ satisfaction with their balance of activity in all areas of …

The Use Of Virtual Reality For Student Training On Bias And Microaggressions, Razan Hamed, Elizabeth Gdanski, Jooeun Kim, Julianne Le, Amy Lopez, Azmina Panjwani, Allyson Tong, Gloriana Wilson

Journal of Occupational Therapy Education

Virtual reality (VR) is an immersive innovative technology that can be used with occupational therapy students for bias training in preparation for fieldwork and clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to explore the use of VR as a complementary educational tool in bias and microaggressions (MA) training for entry-level occupational therapy students. We conducted a secondary analysis of data collected in an 8-week course on diversity, equity, inclusion, and professional skills with a total of 48 first-year entry-level occupational therapy students. We used eight simulated VR cases for all students. Data was collected using a mixed-method survey to …

Defining Reasoning, Reflective Practice, And Evidence-Based Practice In Occupational Therapy Education: A Delphi Study, Hannah K. Burke, Pat L. Sample, Anita C. Bundy, Shelly J. Lane

Journal of Occupational Therapy Education

Reasoning, reflective practice, and evidence-based practice are essential skills for occupational therapy practitioners, but it is unclear how these skills are defined in occupational therapy education. We used Delphi methodology to explore educator conceptualizations of clinical reasoning, professional reasoning, reflective practice, and evidence-based practice. Eligible participants on the Delphi expert panel were required to have been an educator in an occupational therapy program for at least three years at the master’s level or higher, to be a current occupational therapy educator, based in the United States, and available across multiple survey rounds. Nine participants completed all three survey rounds. Among …

Exploration Of Student Reflections Using The Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (Rtss) As An Intervention Planning Framework, Tracey E. Recigno, Alison Bell, M. Ferraro

Journal of Occupational Therapy Education

Teaching intervention planning is enhanced with an intentional course design that incorporates critical thinking in order to prepare the next generation of occupational therapy practitioners. The context for this study was a physical disabilities intervention course for an entry-level occupational therapy program that used Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning as a basis for learning outcomes. A novel formative intervention planning assignment required students to use the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) as a framework to guide their thinking. A qualitative retrospective content analysis of student reflections at the end of the course revealed that the RTSS added value to their …

Trauma-Informed Pedagogy: The Prevalence Of Trauma Among Students In A Master Of Science Program In Occupational Therapy, Amelia Wilson, Ruth Chen, Michelle P. Phoenix, Sarah Wojkowski, Sandra Vanderkaay

Journal of Occupational Therapy Education

Trauma impacts learning at all stages of education and can be particularly problematic at post-secondary levels and for people from equity-deserving groups. Understanding trauma can support effective teaching and learning. Research suggests that students who have experienced trauma may be more likely to enter healthcare professional programs. Research specific to occupational therapy (OT) students who have experienced trauma is limited. The purpose of this study was to explore the prevalence of trauma among Master of Science (MSc) OT students at a Canadian university. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) was selected for data collection. CTQ is a validated retrospective, self-report tool …

2023-2024 Profile, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

2023-2024 issue of the Profile Website.

2024-2025 Common Data, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

2024-2025 issue of the Common Data.

Game Changer: The Story Of Yasmin Amarsi And The Profession Of Nursing In Pakistan, Kamal Siddiqi

Books

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Committee Book (2024-2025), Csusb Faculty Senate

CSUSB Faculty Senate records

No abstract provided.

Migrant Vulnerability To Human Trafficking: A Decade In Review, Elizabeth A. Solis

McNair Scholars Research Journal

Despite the establishment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) in 2000, the state and prevalence of human trafficking in the United States has greatly increased. While information and legislation exist, it still remains an under-researched and under-evaluated issue. This study looks through the enacted human trafficking federal legislation over the last decade to track whether migrant vulnerability to human trafficking has been further addressed with the evolution of the issue within the country. To provide a relevant analysis, this study will examine human trafficking legislation through the years of 2013-2023 and will focus on the main research question of …

Vol. 29, No. 4 Summer 2024

Roger Williams University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Suzette Devogelaere '69-Ellen Steinberg Kerch '69, Suzette Devogelaere, Ellen Steinberg Kerch

Alumni Oral History Project

No abstract provided.

Where Does The Church Stand In Today’S Mental Health Landscape?, Noah T. Mursu

Schultz-Werth Award Papers

Religious involvement in care for those living with mental illness has been going on for centuries, and perspectives on it have changed throughout the years. This literature review evaluates the place of religious groups, mainly Christian churches, in today's mental health situation by considering past and present involvement. It incorporates sources regarding different eras of mental hospital reform, modern perspectives of mental health clinicians and clergy, and the current gaps in mental health support among a variety of groups, including veterans, African Americans, and people in developing countries. This review then considers potential future involvement, especially considering how these gaps …

Parental Resilience In Contexts Of Political Violence: A Systematic Scoping Review Of 45 Years Of Research, Cindy Sousa, Bree Akesson, Manahil Siddiqi

Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research Faculty Research and Scholarship

Families suffer in particular ways during the violence and targeted deprivation of freedom and resources within wars, armed conflicts, and military occupations - all part of political violence (PV). While evidence is accumulating about the disproportionate impacts of PV on parents and children, we lack clear, globally-integrated understandings of how families suffer – and survive – PV. There is an urgent need to synthesize existing work to refine our understandings about parental experiences within PV – with particular attention to both how PV creates suffering for parents, and how parents strategize, caring for their families within the most horrendous of …

“Trying Your Best In That Moment With That Person”: Maintaining Feelings Of Efficacy And Relevance In The Therapeutic Relationship With Community Mental Health Clients Experiencing Psychosis, Carolyn Solo

Bryn Mawr College Dissertations and Theses

Community mental health clients who experience psychosis, particularly Black and Latinx clients, are subject to numerous barriers to competent clinical care. The fundamental challenges of community mental health settings can be detrimental to clinicians’ belief that they can be effective while providing care to clients with psychosis in alignment with the common factors of therapeutic treatment and the principles of trauma-informed care. This dissertation proposes a grounded theory based on 16 participant interviews with community mental health clinicians in Philadelphia who have worked in outpatient settings with clients with psychosis. Using the frameworks of self-efficacy theory (Bandura, 1977), the common …

Exploring Racially Informed Factors And Assessing Their Impacts On The Working Conditions And Burnout Among Bicultural Asian Human Service Workers, Isabel Sangeun Lee

Bryn Mawr College Dissertations and Theses

The United States has undergone a significant increase in cultural diversity, with Asians being the fastest-growing immigrant group. Their population has almost doubled from 11.9 million in 2000 to 22.4 million in 2019, marking an 88% increase in less than two decades. Presently, Asians make up 6% of the total U.S. population and are estimated to grow to 46 million by 2060, representing over 10% of the U.S. population. Asians are often considered a model minority due to their higher educational and health status compared to other minority groups. However, they are still perceived as "perpetual foreigners" regardless of their …

Feeling Trapped: Exploring The Lived Psychosocial Experiences Of First-Generation College Students, Carmen Maria Moedano

Bryn Mawr College Dissertations and Theses

Limited research exists that examines the lived experiences of psychosocial stress among first-generation college students. I utilize a trauma informed conceptual framework using the acculturative stress model and concepts from collective trauma to describe how colleges can function as a microcosm of the real world and place first-generation college students at increased vulnerability on top of the normative developmental challenges of young adulthood. I conducted a qualitative research study using an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) research design to gain insights from first-generation college students about their lived experiences related to psychosocial distress. This study included purposive sampling at one four-year …

“Enacting Something I Didn’T Believe In”: Clinician Experiences Of Dissonance Related To Power And Oppression In Community Mental Health, Maisy T. Hughes

Bryn Mawr College Dissertations and Theses

Systems of Community Mental Health (CMH) care often operate as apparatuses of oppression and social control over marginalized groups. Rooted in colonialism and racial capitalism, these systems have a history of causing harm in particular to Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) (Metzl, 2009; Wade, 1993; Szasz, 2009). Pressured to comply within neoliberal practice environments, clinicians are limited in their ability to resist enacting oppression, and experience dissonance—a state of tension arising from psychologically inconsistent cognitions (Harmon-Jones & Mills, 2019)—as they find themselves caught between anti-oppressive practice ideals, and what is required of them by their agencies. In this …

Why Would Anybody Self-Harm?, Alina M. Baltazar

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Standard 303 And The Development Of Student Professional Identity: A Framework For The Intentional Exploration Of The Profession's Core Values, Neil Hamilton, Jerome M. Organ, David Grenardo, Louis D. Bilionis, Barbara Glesner Fines, Kendall L. Kerew

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Establishing A Protocol For Hospice Compassionate Withdrawal Of Ventilatory Support In The Home Setting, Georganna Rosel, Ana Sanchez, Reuben Smith

South Atlantic Division GME Research Day 2024

No abstract provided.

External Funding Bulletin, January - June 2024, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

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From Margins To Center: Elevating The Voices Of Disadvantaged Families In Child Welfare, Jerron R. Wheeler

UF Law Faculty Publications

This essay sheds light on the systemic challenges faced by indigent, minority families within the child welfare system, using personal experiences from my time as a student at the University of Florida Levin College of Law as a lens. This essay aims to highlight the intersection of poverty, race, and the child welfare system, showing how these factors can hinder parents' ability to reunite with their children despite their best efforts. The essay seeks to underscore the urgent need for a more nuanced, multidisciplinary approach to child welfare advocacy that includes legal professionals, social workers, and health professionals working collaboratively …