Cat Brooks

2 months ago | oaklandvoices.us | Cat Brooks |Oakland Voices

Residents of Oakland know all too well what it feels like to live under occupation. For generations, Black and Brown communities have been overpoliced, surveilled, and brutalized by a system that prioritizes punishment over protection, displacement over development, and fear over true safety. This reality is perhaps felt most deeply in the flats of East Oakland.

Jan 13, 2025 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Cat Brooks |Abigail Rennick |Randeep Basra |Tony Lavender

1 Introduction and Aims Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is characterized by disturbance of body image (or a persistent lack of recognition of seriousness of low bodyweight) and intense fear of gaining weight leading to self-starvation and (in typical presentations) a significantly low body weight (APA 2013). It has one of the highest rates of mortality compared to other psychiatric disorders (Arcelus et al.

Nov 14, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Cat Brooks |Isobel Johnston |Erinn Cunniff Gilson

1 Introduction Inpatient psychiatric settings are characterised by high levels of violence (Hallett and Dickens 2021). This includes patient violence towards staff, staff abuse of patients, self-harm and suicide, and restrictive practices such as seclusion and restraint (Bowers et al. 2009; Busch, 2000).

Jan 22, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Cat Brooks |Randeep Basra |Tony Lavender |Abigail Rennick

1 INTRODUCTION Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a mental disorder characterized by severe restriction of nutritional intake, fear of weight gain, and distorted body image perception, despite being significantly underweight (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). AN has extensive implications on physical and mental health, and a standardized mortality ratio of more than 5 compared to the general population (Himmerich et al., 2019), meaning developing a successful treatment is imperative.

Aug 30, 2023 | 48hills.org | Cat Brooks

Yesterday the Chabot Elementary school in Oakland received a bomb threat. Children were sent home from school as law enforcement officials combed through the school to check to see if the threat was real. Per local officials, the threat is the culmination of increasing threats received by the school stemming from hateful social media comments, specifically about a playdate that welcomed Black, brown and Asian Pacific Islander children.