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Using The Gerontological Imagination to Explore Suicide Among Older Adults: An Interdisciplinary Perspective for Professional Counselors
Get PDFGerontology, the study of aging and older adulthood, is a vast field consisting of many intersecting disciplines, such as medicine, nutrition, public policy, psychology, social work, and professional counseling. As the older adult population rapidly increases, so too will the prevalence of mental health concerns among this population, including risk for suicide. Older adults presently comprise 16.5% of the U.S. population, yet account for 19.3% of all deaths by suicide (Drapeau & McIntosh, 2020). Professional counselors are newly eligible Medicare providers and can close gaps in healthcare access for older adults who rely on Medicare to receive mental health services, which might include suicide risk assessment and intervention. The Gerontological Imagination is an integrative paradigm to understand the process of aging across multiple disciplines. In this manuscript, we use The Gerontological Imagination as a guiding framework to discuss a professional counselor’s role in identifying and responding to suicide among older adults
20240821: The Last Time Marshall University Football, written by Steve Cotton
Get PDFThese items include materials from the Department of Athletics at Marshall University from 2023-2024. Items were received in 2024. This collection specifically contains the history of the Marshall Football team in the publication written by Steve Cotton, titled, Marshall University Football The Last Time... with a secondary publication that included the 2024 update. This is only the list of materials, not the publications themselves
Beyond poverty: exploring the spatial variability and healthcare determinants of opioid mortality in West Virginia
Get PDFThis study aims to investigate the multifaceted factors contributing to opioid-related deaths in West Virginia, focusing on healthcare determinants and regional disparities. Opioid mortality has become a critical public health issue in the United States, particularly in states like West Virginia, where rates of opioid-related deaths are disproportionately high compared to national averages. This thesis tends to investigate the impact of healthcare determinants on opioid mortality rates and explore the spatial variability of opioid-related deaths in West Virginia. To achieve these objectives, data was collected from secondary sources such as the West Virginia Health Statistics Center, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the U.S. Census Bureau, and other socioeconomic databases. Variables of interest include opioid mortality rates, poverty rates, unemployment rates, healthcare access metrics, Naloxone centers, and demographic characteristics. Regression analysis was used to analyze the collective influence of these independent variables on opioid mortality rates at the county level; temporal and spatial trends of opioid mortality from 2001 to 2023 were accessed, and residuals analysis was done to identify outliers that may influence the model. The results indicated that southern counties exhibit extreme opioid mortality rates, with clusters of overpredicted and some underpredicted values in the southern parts of the state. This suggests the presence of other significant factors, in addition to healthcare access variables such as hospitals per county, that contribute to the variations in opioid mortality across the state
League of Women Voters of the Huntington Area E-mail Bulletin, October, 2024
Get PDFThe periodical is published by the League, which is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy.https://mds.marshall.edu/lowv_newsletter_2020-2029/1052/thumbnail.jp
Participant 005: Reiki Master with four years of experience (Indian; Female; India)
Get PDFThis is an interview about Reiki and its connection with overall well-being with a Reiki Master holding four years of experience (Indian; Female; India). She was interviewed on May 14, 2024. The participant agreed to the terms outlined in the verbal informed consent form before this interview. Some of the broad conversations during this interview were about her experiences growing up in a family that practices Hinduism, her transformative experiences when she was introduced to Reiki, and how it\u27s okay to have a career that pays the bills while offering Reiki to others as completely separate parts of herself. Lindsey Harper was the interviewer and the primary investigator for this project. Please download this document to read the full de-identified interview.https://mds.marshall.edu/reikiconversations/1005/thumbnail.jp
20240523: Athletics, 1985-2015
Get PDFThese items include materials from the Department of Athletics at Marshall University from 1985-2015. Items were received in 2024. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents in this specific collectio
Review of Porst, Broadcasting Hollywood
Get PDFA review of the book Broadcasting Hollywood: The Struggle Over Feature Films on Early TV, by Jennifer Pors
20240606: Graduate College, 1972-2012
Get PDFThese items include materials from the office of the Graduate College at Marshall University from 1972-2012. Items were received in 2024 and include notable materials from or about the future operations of the graduate college. These include schedule of courses, copies of Marshall Magazine, Senate Bills, Environmental Impact projects from TE courses, Information Systems proposal/committee work, BOR Program Reviews, Property Reviews, Merger Statements, and Prevention Resource Center/ Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents, as this is not an exhaustive list
Mental Health Distress and Suicide Risk among Older Adults Who Receive Nutrition Services Programming: Implications for Licensed Professional Counselors.
Get PDFLicensed professional counselors (LPCs) are now eligible to provide mental health counseling to older adults as Medicare providers. Many older adults receive home delivered (HDM) and congregate (CM) meal services through the Aging Services Network, though their mental health impact remains under examined. This study compared the mental health and suicide risk of older adults receiving HDM or CM services. Our cross-sectional study of 221 HDM and 150 CM recipients from 2018-2020 found significant group differences in psychological distress, t(366) = 3.28, p = .001, perceived burdensomeness; t(357.31) = 2.77, p = .006, and thwarted belongingness, t(357.96) = 4.71, p \u3c .001, between the samples. Our findings suggest different mental health prevalence for CM recipients, who have access to peer socialization and group programming. We discuss the implications of our findings for LPCs using the Aging Services Network to support the mental health of their older adult clients