Publications by authors named "Shannon Cooper-Sadlo"
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- Behavioral health centers are prioritizing evidence-based practices to support women, especially mothers, in substance use treatment, but this demographic has been largely overlooked in research.
- The study used a phenomenological approach to examine the unique experiences of mothers undergoing family-centered substance use treatment, highlighting themes of motherhood and the support necessary for both mothers and their children.
- Findings revealed that addressing the complexities of motherhood alongside substance use can enhance treatment engagement, suggesting improvements for programs that support mothers and their children during recovery.
Increasingly, older adults who experience a mental health crisis come to the attention of crisis intervention team (CIT) law enforcement officers. These encounters are due largely to a lack of local mental health care resources. With few options available, individuals call 911 for assistance when an older adult exhibits alarming behavior.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDespite an emerging body of research indicating that immigrants are less likely than native-born Americans to engage in crime and antisocial behavior, less attention has focused specifically on intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration among immigrant populations. We address this gap by using data from Wave II of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) and compare immigrants from Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America to native-born Americans with respect to multiple forms of IPV. After controlling for an extensive array of confounds, results indicate that in the aggregate, immigrants are significantly more likely to perpetrate IPV.
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