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Boy in the Mirror: Dr. Markey’s Research Starts Crucial Conversations on Male Body Image

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By Tom McLaughlin The statistics are tough to digest, said Rutgers University–Camden psychologist Charlotte Markey. Among mental health issues, eating disorders are the second deadliest, behind only opioid abuse. And, although much more public attention and research is given to issues around female body image, anywhere between a quarter and a third of eating-disorder patients… continue reading

Dr. Tamara Nelson and Dr. Daniel Lee discuss delivering crucial mental healthcare in “Breaking Down Mental Blocks: Delivering Crucial Care”

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By Caroline Brobeil “Our beliefs shape how we view what it means to be in therapy,” said Dr. Tamara Nelson, director of the Resilience, Equity, and Community Health Research Program and assistant professor of psychology at Rutgers–Camden. Nelson has focused her career on exploring how contextual and cultural factors influence mental health and treatment-seeking behaviors among… continue reading