Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Professor of Psychology at University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)
Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt
Professor of Psychology at University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)
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Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt’s research focuses on the mental health issues among marginalized individuals. Her primary line of research examines the stressful effects of microaggressions, a form of subtle discrimination. She investigates the impact, mechanisms, and individual variations in stress responses to these everyday slights and denigrations.
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Research shows that people get into addictions mainly for two reasons. Life is too hard and … life is too boring. Social support is a main predictor of recovery success. Folks are reporting isolation at high rates so it can be assumed that they are also lacking the social support if they are trying to quit using.
16 March 2021
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16 March 2021article
Fentanyl deaths in Clark County jump during first half of 2020“The pandemic is making an already very bad situation monumentally worse,” said Derek Price, CEO of Desert Hope Treatment Center.
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University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)
Professor of Psychology