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Title: A comparative analysis of pro-anorexia versus pro-recovery Instagram images through the lenses of objectified body consciousness and positive body image conceptual frameworks
Author: Jafari, Nadia
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Mental health, Clinical psychology
Description: Instagram (IG) is a social media application that allows users to upload personal images in a public forum by including a searchable link (e.g. hashtag) along with a posted image. An IG community devoted to a pro-recovery (i.e., #anarecovery) pers...

Title: Caregivers’ Role in Youth Functioning Among Bereaved Caregiver-Child Dyads
Author: Carter, Taylor
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Counseling psychology, Mental health
Description: This study explored indicators of caregiver functioning, the caregiver-child relationship, and child functioning among bereaved youth (aged 6 to 13 years) and their caregivers attending peer support programming at two grief centers (n = 56 caregiv...

Title: Me, Myself, and Depression: Identity Construction and Depression
Author: Thomas, Rachael
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Mental health
Description: In this narrative autoethnography, I write about and analyze my experiences with depression in order to understand how my identity is socially constructed within that context. Through thematic analysis, I use Goffman's (1963) identity theory as a ...

Title: Predicting youth adjustment following service discharge in a system of care
Author: Scott, Jennifer
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mental health, Behavior therapy
Description: Systems of Care (SOC) have demonstrated modest benefits for youth with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances; however, it is uncertain that youth benefit more when they receive treatment in a SOC relative to traditional treatment. Although...

Title: Separate and Unequl: Segregation in North Carolina's Asylum System 1856-1905
Author: Westpfahl, Jocelyn
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mental health, History, African Americans--Study and teaching
Description: During its 1874-1875 session, the North Carolina General Assembly founded twonew public asylums to address overcrowding in its only mental health care facility inRaleigh (Dorothea Dix Hospital). The first, in Morganton (Broughton Hospital), wasint...

Title: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND SELF-REPORTED MENTAL HEALTH STATUS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
Author: Gigler, Margaret
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Mental health
Description: Mental illness is a critical public health issue, as it is not only one of the most common causes of disability, but also carries a high disease burden with regards to physical health and premature mortality. Despite the high prevalence and its ac...

Title: THE ROLE OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND INFLAMMATION IN DEPRESSION DEVELOPMENT AND SEVERITY A DECADE LATER
Author: Alessi, Maria
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Mental health, Psychobiology
Description: Lower heart rate variability (HRV) and higher inflammation are indices of dysregulated stress physiology associated with current depression (e.g., diagnosis, depressive symptoms) and potentially related to depression development. Given the increas...

Title: The Role of Formal and Informal Social Support on Depression for Individuals Living with HIV Disease
Author: Bloomer-Clouse, Amanda
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Mental health, Medical sciences
Description: The current literature on depression within HIV populations shows poorer outcomes for these individuals than those in the general population. To further these studies, I performed an analysis looking at the effects of formal and informal social su...