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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 (!!!!check out my last.fm), ★reading (litfic, post-& metamodernism, scifi, nonfiction [history, science, journals, opinion pieces, essays, theory] etc.,), ★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 (jojolion namely) ★miffy (!!!) ★superflat art movement (yoshitomo nara, aya takano, takashi murukami) ★bass guitar & standing bass ♡ ★critical psychology & neuropsychology with a focus on self-injury behaviour (i talk more about this below- this is smth very important to me, dm me if you want to talk more about it!),

I'm currently working as a research assistant. I use approaches that are person-centered and evidence based, with my work being driven by lived experience.My research broadly focuses on non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), suicide prevention, and self-injury harm reduction. 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 also look at public stigma against people with visible self-injury scarring & how this manifests as prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination. This research is done to inform literacy and intervention. I am also a firm advocate for the integration of strengths-based approaches in psychological public health care!I'm also 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.As latent variables can't be directly observed, we look at cognitive processes representing latent constructs and their common neural underpinnings. I utilise and support this interdisciplinary approach to latent constructs via integrating neuroscience, psychology, and sociology to understand the human condition.It's necessary to recognize death, suicide, and self-injury as systemic issues and public health concerns-“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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