[Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions

Tue Jul 24 04:30:37 UTC 2012

Pica is the craving for/eating non-foods aka "unnatural" substances, most commonly: pregnant women who eat chalk, MRDD folk who eat bits of metal, as well as infants not restrained from eating whatever they may put in their mouths.  

Claire (RuthClaire) Weintraub

On 2012-07-23, at 12:00 PM, "Christine Szostak" <szostak.1 at buckeyemail.osu.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
> Sadly, yes, there is one called Pica which is an eating disorder most often observed in infants. Since I have been away from Clinical fore a while I do not want to try to define it since I do not recall the specifics. Also, I had read papers during my clinical dissertation work that presented studies involving three to five year olds who showed eating-based concerns regarding fear of being fat.
> Many thanks,
> Christine
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
> To: "Blind Social Scientists List" <social-sciences-list at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 12:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions
> 
> 
>> Are there really infants who have eating disorders?
>> Arielle
>> 
>> On 7/23/12, Christine Szostak <szostak.1 at buckeyemail.osu.edu> wrote:
>>> Yes, they can have the very same type. It is most prevalent in the young,
>>> affluent, female population, but it  transcends all diverse populations
>>> (e.g., elderly, very young children, infants, all ethnicities, all cultures,
>>> 
>>> all religions, males, all SES brackets...
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Christine
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Andrews, David B (DEED)" <david.b.andrews at state.mn.us>
>>> To: "Blind Social Scientists List" <social-sciences-list at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 10:09 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> So, I have to ask -- do blind people have eating disorders, (besides over
>>>> 
>>>> eating?) (smile.)  Are at the same rate as the sighted public, higher,
>>>> lower?
>>>> 
>>>> Dave
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: social-sciences-list-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>> [mailto:social-sciences-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Christine
>>>> Szostak
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 1:16 AM
>>>> To: Blind Social Scientists List
>>>> Subject: Re: [Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions
>>>> 
>>>> HI All,
>>>> My name is Christine and I am working toward a PhD in Cognitive
>>>> Psychology with an emphasis on psycholinguistics (the study of the
>>>> processes involved in language perception) from Ohio State. I am working
>>>> toward a graduation date of June 2013.
>>>> 
>>>> My focus is not in vision loss, though I actually did a prior degree in
>>>> Clinical Psychology where my dissertation focused on eating disorders
>>>> among the visually impaired. Although my current work focuses on general
>>>> 
>>>> processes involved in understanding spoken language, I am actually
>>>> interested in doing research in sensory loss and spoken language
>>>> processing either with those having vision loss or cochlear implants.
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Christine
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> M. Szostak
>>>> Doctoral Candidate
>>>> Language Perception Laboratory
>>>> Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area The Ohio State University
>>>> Columbus, Ohio szostak.1 at osu.edu
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Katie Wang" <bunnykatie6 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Blind Social Scientists List" <social-sciences-list at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 1:08 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi, Arielle and all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> My name is Katie Wang, and I'm  a doctoral student in Social
>>>>> Psychology at Yale University. I'm planning to graduate in Spring 2014
>>>>> and will be working on my dissertation for the next two years. My
>>>>> research broadly focuses on the experience of stigma from the targets'
>>>>> perspective; in particular, I'm interested in how women and minorities
>>>>> cope with prejudice and discrimination and how their  interpretations
>>>>> of such negative experiences affect their psychological well-being.
>>>>> Like arielle, I'm also interested in the barriers faced by people with
>>>>> disabilities and have been pursuing this topic as a secondary line of
>>>>> research. Almost all of my research so far has  utilized quantitative
>>>>> methods, so I have had quite a bit of experience in conducting
>>>>> statistical data analyses (primarily using SPSS). I'm really excited
>>>>> about this new discussion forum and look forward to having many
>>>>> informative conversations with all of you!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Katie
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 7/23/12, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> As the moderator for this new social-sciences list, I first want to
>>>>>> welcome everyone who joined. I noticed about 25 email addresses on the
>>>>>> subscription roster and thought it might be nice if everyone could
>>>>>> briefly introduce themselves and perhaps say a bit about what you are
>>>>>> hoping to get out of being on the social-sciences list.
>>>>>> My name is Arielle Silverman, and I am a doctoral student in
>>>>>> experimental social psychology at the University of Colorado in
>>>>>> Boulder. I am planning to graduate in the spring of 2014 and am
>>>>>> interested in becoming a research professor either at a university or
>>>>>> at an institute which studies disability issues. My primary goal is to
>>>>>> investigate the underlying causes of the psychological barriers that
>>>>>> people with disabilities face to integration, both the barriers that
>>>>>> we have internalized ourselves and the ones that come from negative
>>>>>> social attitudes. The bulk of my research training has been
>>>>>> quantitative, although I would like to eventually collaborate with
>>>>>> qualitative scientists as well.
>>>>>> I look forward to hearing from you and learning who you are!
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Arielle
>>>> 
>>>> 
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