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liz / elizabeth • 25 • she/her

frustrated idealist & bleeding heart.
jstor user, science enjoyer, internet archive lover, wikipedia editor.

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my general interests♡:★music (my fav artists are sonic youth, bikini kill, & jimi hendrix, but i listen to lots of stuff!! post-punk, funk, new wave, noise rock, etc..!!check out my last.fm!!.), ★reading (litfic, post-& metamodernism, scifi, nonfiction [history, science, journals, opinion pieces, essays, theory] etc., my favourite authors are kurt vonnegut and joan didion), ★intersectional feminism and feminist literature, ★journalling (writing, collaging), ★sweet foods, ★fashion & DIY, ★chess, ★ strength training♡ + hiking, ★puzzles / puzzle games (my love/hate relationship w/ sudoku..), ★jjba ★miffy (!!!) ★superflat art movement (yoshitomo nara, aya takano, takashi murukami) ★bass guitar & standing bass ♡
★ the provisional nature of science, the pursuit of knowledge, and rational skepticism ★critical psych, social neuropsych, & affective neuropsych with a focus on risk-taking behaviours & harm reduction (i talk more about this below- this is smth very important to me, dm me if you want to talk more about it!) in general though ★im also a lover of nonhuman animal cognition and behaviour... we share the world with incredible creatures ★philosophy ★coffee & tea ☕️🍵 ★

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If you have any questions about my thoughts on something feel free to send me an ask^_^

I'm currently working as a research assistant. I use approaches that are person-centered, evidence based, & driven by lived experiences.My research broadly focuses on risk-taking behaviours, with a primary focus on non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). I'm currently researching perceptions of public stigma towards people with visible self-injury scarring & how this manifests as prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination, with consideration for the variance in perceptions of those with and without lived experience. The aim of this research is to inform self-injury harm reduction & literacy. I'm very interested in the hyperactive pain modulation theory of NSSI and biomarkers that suggest capacity for NSSI to escalate to suicidal self-injury. I am a firm advocate for the integration of strengths-based, biopsychosocial approaches in psychological public health care.I'm part of a research group that's working with our local hospice. We are addressing the limitations of resources that are unique to rural communities, and how neglect from the provincial government contributes to public health crises in the North.I utilise and support this interdisciplinary approach to latent constructs via integrating neuroscience, psychology, and sociology to understand the human condition. As latent variables can't be directly observed, we look at cognitive processes representing latent constructs and their common neural underpinnings.I operate with the knowledge that it is pertinent to recognize death, suicide, and self-injury as systemic issues and public health concerns, and that it is crucial to correct systemic inequities as suicide prevention measures-“the circumstances in which people grow, live, work, and age, and the systems put in place to deal with illness…these conditions in which people live and die are, in turn, shaped by political, social, and economic forces”.If you are interested in these things & wanna chat, my dms & ask box are open.┈ ┈ ┈ ┈ ୨♡୧ ┈ ┈ ┈ ┈"The great scholar W.E.B. Du Bois challenged America with a question: What does integrity look like in the face of oppression? That prophetic query forces psychologists to interrogate a similar line of reasoning, particularly in a contemporary American reality characterized by inequality, social pathology, racism, oppression, homelessness and political divisiveness. Given our positions as caretakers of the mind, heart and spirit of the people, psychologists must challenge ourselves—like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did when he spoke before us at the 1967 APA Annual Convention—to tell America about both the rage and hurt that simmer below the surface in black and other communities of color and to help much of white America confront and challenge the denial it seems to live in about what life is like for their culturally different counterparts who live on the margins of society. One place to start is to help America brave the question of: What allows each of you (us) to bear witness to the suffering of others, sit in silence and still maintain our humanity? Is that what integrity looks like?"
- Dr. Thomas Parham"How to integrate diversity and
inclusion into psychological
theory, research, practice and
training? Psychologists need to embrace diversity and inclusion as crucial domains in all aspects of psychology. To achieve these goals, they can incorporate interdisciplinary, holistic, intersectional, multicultural, cultural neuroscientific, and international perspectives into their work. To enhance inclusion, psychologists will expand the diversity construct by including every group that has been perceived as “the other.”
Moreover, psychologists are required
to engage in social justice advocacy.
Finally, there is a need for a public policy psychology, one that will shape health and mental health policy."
- Dr. Lillian Comas-Díaz

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