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Blackbird: An Advocacy Podcast supports and advocates for victims of intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and other forms of abuse. No one should go through this alone.
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Saturday Nov 14, 2020
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
Today’s Psyche Saturday we will delve into the last of the Cluster A personality disorders: Schizotypal Personality Disorder.
According to the DSM-V, Schizotypal Personality Disorder is characterized as a pervasive pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with, and reduced capacity for, close relationships as well as by cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior.
REFERENCES:
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Ed., American Psychiatric Association.
McClure, M.M., Harvey, P.D., Bowie, C.R., Iacoviello, B., and Siever, L.J., 2013, Functional Outcomes, Functional Capacity, and Cognitive Impairment in Schizotypal Personality Disorder.
Johnson, J.G., Cohen, P., Smailes, E., Kasen, S., Oldham, J.M., Skodol, A.E., and Brook, J.S., 2000, Adolescent Personality Disorders Associated With Violence and Criminal Behavior During Adolescence and Early Adulthood.
Sptizberg, B.H. and Veksler, A.E., 2007, The Personality of Pursuit: Personality Attributions of Unwanted Pursuers and Stalkers.
Qi, S., Gao, Q., Shen, J., Teng, Y., Xie, X., Sun, Y., and Wu, J., 2018, Multiple Frequency Bans Analysis of Large Scale Intrinsic Brain Networks and Its Application in Schizotypal Personality Disorder.
https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/21/north.carolina.castillo.trial/index.html?eref=rss_us
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/colo-shooting-da-says-two-evaluations-found-holmes-sane
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/11140
https://www.healthyplace.com/personality-disorders/schizotypal-personality-disorder/famous-people-with-schizotypal-personality-disorder
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Lisa Nguyen is an RN, critical care nurse, and SANE nurse working with survivors of IPV, DV, as well as sexual assault. She walks us through what a day in her life as a SANE nurse looks like, what to expect if you get a sexual assault forensic examination performed, and what her advice to survivors seeking healthcare in the ED is.
Happy Forensic Nurses' Week - November 9-13, 2020 and Forensic Nurses' Day - November 13, 2020, to all the amazing forensic nurses out there! You are all so appreciated! Thank you for what you do.
You may find Lisa on Instagram @fencernurse
If you or someone you know has ever been a victim of sexual assault, please reach out to RAINN: https://www.rainn.org/ or 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
For information about the International Association of Forensic Nurses and how to become a forensic nurse: https://www.forensicnurses.org/default.aspx
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Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Join Sarah as she reads Edgar Allan Poe's poem Spirits of the Dead in honor of the last day of Dia de los Muertos.
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
On Halloween Night, 2011, police and paramedics were called to a home on the 7100 block of Winchester Avenue in West Englewood, Chicago, Illinois. When police arrived, they found the homeowner, Ledell Peoples, standing outside on his front porch. Officer John Davidson asked what had happened, to which Peoples responded, “That bitch is crazy. She threw a plate at my head.”
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References:
https://courts.illinois.gov/R23_Orders/AppellateCourt/2020/1stDistrict/1161735_R23.pdf
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2011-11-06-chi-cops-woman-dies-after-being-stabbed-for-missing-candy-20111106-story.html
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
On today’s Psyche Saturday we will be discussing a little bit about Dissociative Identity Disorder and doing a film review on M. Night Shyamalan’s Split starring James McAvoy. How accurate was this movie in portraying someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder and do we think you should see it?
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References:
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Ed, American Psychiatric Association.
National Alliance on Mental Illness & National Alliance on Mental Illness, Michigan
Thecut.com, What It’s Like to Have Multiple Personalities, Katie Heaney
Mental illness and violent behavior: the role of dissociation, Webermann, A.E. & Brand, B.L.
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
This marks our last episode for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, so we took the opportunity to discuss some of the recent headlines in DV. Listen and learn that this does not happen in a bubble and is unfortunately all around us.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or thehotline.org
References:
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/couple-charged-in-death-of-missing-new-hampshire-man/2201606/
https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS
Saturday Oct 24, 2020
Saturday Oct 24, 2020
As we continue to make our way through the cluster A personality disorders, today we will be discussing Schizoid Personality Disorder.
The DSM-V characterizes Schizoid Personality Disorder, or ScPD, as a pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings.
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REFERENCES:
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Ed., American Psychiatric Association.
Koch, J., et al., (2011). Sociodemographic and Diagnostic Characteristics of Homicidal and Nonhomicidal Sexual Offenders.
Novovic, Z., et al., (2012). The role of schizoid personality, peritraumatic dissociation and behavioral activation system in a case of parricide.
Apostolopoulos, A., et al., (2018). Association of Schizoid and Schizotypal Personality disorder with violent crimes and homicides in Greek prisons.
Triebwasser, J., et al., (2012). Schizoid Personality Disorder.
Pulay, A.J., et al., (2008). Violent Behavior and DSM-IV Psychiatric Disorders: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.
Clarke, G. (2012). Failures of the ‘moral defence’ In the films Shutter Island, Inception and Memento: Narcissism or schizoid personality disorder?
Blum, K., et al. (1997). Association of polymorphisms of dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2), and dopamine transporter (DAT1) genes with schizoid/avoidant behaviors (SAB).
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
What is trauma bonding, what are the signs, and how does someone remove themselves from a trauma bond? linktr.ee/blackbirdadvocacy
The National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE or thehotline.org
References: psychcentral.com
cptsdfoundation.org
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Kim Moreau was a beautiful 17 year old girl that went missing from the small mill town of Jay, ME after skipping her junior prom following a fight with her then boyfriend. It is alleged that she spent the day with a friend and two 25 year old men joyriding in a white Trans AM, although the events of May 10th and 11th, 1986 unclear and subject to wide rumor and speculation.
Kim's family has never given up hope - handling much of the investigative legwork themselves after local and state police proved to be grossly negligent in the handling of Kim's case. There have been many extensive searches in recent years, and police allege that of all of the missing person cases in the state, Kim's case is the one in which they receive the most frequent tips, even after 3 decades.
We discuss the background of Kim's case - discussing Kim as a person, and providing details into what is alleged to have happened during the day she disappeared. We also discuss some of the more recent searches, some of the theories of what happened to her, and delve into the backgrounds of the folks tied to her disappearance.
Maine State Police: (207) 743-8282
Livermore Falls Police Department: (207) 657-3030
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: https://www.missingkids.org/
Sunday Oct 18, 2020
Sunday Oct 18, 2020
Today’s case takes us to Ireland. We wanted to give a little thank you to our Irish listeners, so here it is! This case is a different take on domestic violence, but none-the-less, still involves violence perpetrated against an intimate partner. And, it’s an even more interesting case, as this is a case of a Black Widow. It is Spooky Season after all.
This is the case of the Murder of Tom Nevin.
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United States Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or thehotline.org
Ireland DV Website: https://www.safeireland.ie/get-help/
References:
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20472040.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20090714231955/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2000/09/10/story656559038.asp