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Title: An Examination of the Criminalization of Mental Illness in North Carolina State Prisons
Author: Small, David
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: Purpose: The deinstitutionalization of mental health and the failure of community-based care has resulted in more individuals with mental illnesses receiving treatment in the criminal justice system than in the mental health system. This is referr...

Title: An Examination of the Criminalization of Mental Illness in North Carolina State Prisons
Author: Small, David
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: Purpose: The deinstitutionalization of mental health and the failure of community-based care has resulted in more individuals with mental illnesses receiving treatment in the criminal justice system than in the mental health system. This is referr...

Title: Doctoral Students' Stress and Coping Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
Author: Elton, Kira
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: The coronavirus pandemic had a profound change to daily life. While the pandemic could be considered a stressful event within its own right, graduate school is also known to induce stress; this stress occurs due to time constraints, financial stra...

Title: MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGERS: AN ANALYSIS OF COMPASSION FATIGUE AND WELLBEING
Author: Bilaye-Benibo, Tamunosaki
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Health services administration, Medical personnel
Description: Compassion fatigue is a phenomenon wherein employees in "helping professions" develop decreased capacity for empathy due to repeated/extended exposure to client trauma and suffering. In addition to negatively impacting relationships with their cli...

Title: Navigating the Food Environment: Healthy Food Availability in SNAP-Authorized Drugstores in North Carolina
Author: Kennedy, Ashley
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Public health, Nutrition
Description: The number of major drugstore chains (such as Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid) that accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in North Carolina as dramatically increased. From 2000 to 2015, the number of stores accepting SNAP i...

Title: Past Experiences and Preferences for Queer Sex Education Among LGBTQ+ College Students
Author: Petrizzo, Kristen
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Queer studies, Educational sociology
Description: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other (LGBTQ+) students face a higher risk than their cisgender, heterosexual peers of experiencing symptoms of poor sexual health, poor mental health, and sexual violence. Despite this, LGBTQ+ stude...

Title: Social Media Framing of the Dakota Access Pipeline
Author: Tierney, Carla
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Sociology
Description: Objectives The purpose of this research is to identify and understand the social media framing of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The DAPL is in North Dakota, crossing .55 miles north of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. Primary criticisms r...

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...