Date: Saturday, August 10

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

Session 076: Race, Class, Gender, and Mental Health
Room: Joyce

Sponsor: Disability, Mental Wellness, and Social Justice

Organizer: Alex Trillo, Saint Peter's University

Presider: Giovani Burgos, Adelphi University

Description: 

Race, Class, Gender, and Mental Health

Papers:

“‘I Read Quite a Bit, and That Brings Me in a lot of Escapist-based Joy’: The Value of Asking about Joy among Black Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults in Florida,” Courtney Marcia Gardner and Shannon K. Carter, University of Central Florida

“Differences in Mental Health Outcomes for an Exclusively LGBTQ+ Sample in Oklahoma,” Eden Dean Ellen Nay and Kelley Sittner, Oklahoma State University

“Generating the Troubled Teen: A Content Analysis of the Troubled Teen Industry’s Recruitment Tactics,” Annie McDonnell, The George Washington University

“Mental Health and Health-seeking Behaviors amongst Married U.S. and Foreign-born Black Populations,” Tia M. Dickerson, Columbia University and Dana J. McCalla, Howard University

“Psychotic White Men and Bipolar Black Women? Racialized and Gendered Implications of Mental Health Terminology,” Amy L. Johnson, Lehigh University

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