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Jessica Becker
Researcher at University of Connecticut
Publications - 16
Citations - 634
Jessica Becker is an academic researcher from University of Connecticut. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social support & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 13 publications receiving 241 citations.
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Americans' COVID-19 Stress, Coping, and Adherence to CDC Guidelines.
Crystal L. Park,Beth Russell,Michael Fendrich,Lucy Finkelstein-Fox,Morica Hutchison,Jessica Becker +5 more
TL;DR: Americans have high COVID-19 stress exposure and some demographic subgroups appear particularly vulnerable to stress effects, and several key social distancing and hygiene behaviors showed suboptimal adherence, particularly for men and younger adults.
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Psychological resilience early in the COVID-19 pandemic: Stressors, resources, and coping strategies in a national sample of Americans.
Crystal L. Park,Lucy Finkelstein-Fox,Beth Russell,Michael Fendrich,Morica Hutchison,Jessica Becker +5 more
TL;DR: The authors found that people are fairly resilient and identified resources and strategies that promote that resilience, while avoidance coping was particularly unhelpful during the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic in the United States.
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Americans' distress early in the COVID-19 pandemic: Protective resources and coping strategies.
Crystal L. Park,Lucy Finkelstein-Fox,Beth Russell,Michael Fendrich,Morica Hutchison,Jessica Becker +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented the first national view of Americans' distress during the massive disruption of COVID-19 and identified levels of stress exposure, protective psychosocial resources, and coping strategies.
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Impact of Mobile Crisis Services on Emergency Department Use Among Youths With Behavioral Health Service Needs.
Michael Fendrich,Melissa Ives,Brenda Kurz,Jessica Becker,Jeffrey J. Vanderploeg,Christopher Bory,Hsiu-Ju Lin,Robert Plant +7 more
TL;DR: Examination of a mobile crisis service intervention implemented in Connecticut provided evidence suggesting that community-based mobile crisis services, such as Mobile Crisis, reduce ED use among youths with behavioral health service needs.
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Psychiatric Symptoms and Recent Overdose Among People Who Use Heroin or Other Opioids: Results From a Secondary Analysis of an Intervention Study
TL;DR: Findings suggest systematic mental health symptom screening and connection to mental health treatment for opioid users—especially those identified with OD—may be critical for OD prevention.