Shane Kraus (Psychology) presented his work, Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention, at the virtual Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling ENGAGE conference. His talk focused on using mindfulness-based relapse prevention for the treatment of gambling disorder in United States veterans.

Shane Kraus (Psychology) presented his work, Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder in ICD-11: Clinical Considerations and Future Directions, as part of a symposium, Clinical Features of Behavioral Addictions, at the virtual annual International Society of Addiction Medicine and Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine conference.  

Annika Roseen (Psychology) was named the new Mx. Native UNLV! She is a psychology major and neuroscience minor passionate about mental wellness and indigenous mental health.  The Mx. Native UNLV Pageant was created by the UNLV Native American Student Association (NASA) to provide a platform for Indigenous leaders to enact…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) along with Researchers at Northeastern University (Arielle A. J. Scoglio Alisa Lincoln, and Beth E. Molnar) and recently published a paper "Chipped or Whole? Listening to Survivors’ Experiences With Disclosure Following Sexual Violence" in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. This study used data from nine focus…

Brenna Renn (Psychology), along with colleagues at the Univeristy of Washington School of Medicine, recently published the discussion piece Making Psychotherapy Available in the United States: Implementation Challenges and Solutions in Psychiatric Services (published by the American Psychiatric Association). Although more than…

Aldo Barrita, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Marvin Fuentes, and Lianelys Cabrera-Martinez (all Psychology) presented a poster summarizing a systematic review of the literature on microaggressions impacting Latinx communities at the 2020 conference for the National Latinx Psychological Association.

Aldo Barrita (Psychology) was a recipient of the President Citation at the 2020 conference for the National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA). This honor is awarded to individuals or groups who have been selected by NLPA’s president for their efforts to advance NLPA’s mission and outstanding service to the association. He also was co-…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and researchers at Northeastern University, Arielle Scoglio, John Griffith, Alisa Lincoln, and Beth E. Molnar, presented a paper, Social Support over Time for Men and Women Veterans with and without Complex Trauma Histories, investigating the patterns of social support over time for men and women post-9/11 combat…

Patricia Heisser Metoyer (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies and Psychology) has been selected to participate in the Television and Motion Picture Academy's Faculty Seminar this month. She will be participating in the virtual Connecting the Classroom with the Television Industry conference along with media educators and…

Repairer Etuk, Kaelyn Griffin, Shane Kraus (all Psychology) and Tiange "Patrick" Xu and Brett Abarbanel (both International Gaming Institute), along with Marc N. Potenza of the Yale School of Medicine, presented their findings from a systematic review, "Sports Betting around the World: A Systematic Review, at the 21st International Center for…

Shane Kraus (Psychology), and Brett Abarbanel, Tiffany Huang, and Bo Bernhard (all International Gaming Institute), along with colleagues at Harvard Medical School, published a follow-up study on GameSense — a responsible gambling (RG) initiative enacted by MGM Resorts several years ago. This study is part of a yearly series designed to analyze…

Brenna Renn (Psychology) led a national survey of career mentorship and career selection needs in clinical geropsychology alongside colleagues from the American Psychological Association's Society of Clinical Geropsychology. This work, "Identification and Selection of Jobs in Clinical Geropsychology: A Survey to Inform Career Mentoring,…