[Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions

Mon Jul 23 20:40:15 UTC 2012

No worries at all:). Have a wonderful afternoon and  thanks for the 
definition, it has been way too long since my focus was on clinical:)!
Many thanks,
Christine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angela Fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
To: "'Blind Social Scientists List'" <social-sciences-list at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions

> Well, you're right. I didn't even think of that when I wrote my response. 
> It
> is still in the DSM. Whether that will change with DSM 5, who knows.
>
> For the benefit of those who may not have heard of it, the Mayo Clinic
> defines Pica as craving and chewing substances which have no nutritional
> value. Usually that's just one of those kid habits, but sometimes its 
> taken
> to such an extreme as to effect the child's nutritional intake.
>
> -----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 12:01 PM
> To: Blind Social Scientists List
> Subject: Re: [Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions
>
> 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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