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Resilience, Self-compassion, and Mental Health Outcomes

Rebuilding Eastern North Carolina After Natural Disasters

C. Suzanne Lea, Heather Littleton, Ashley Batts Allen and Cherry M. Beasley
North Carolina Medical Journal September 2020, 81 (5) 315-319; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.81.5.315
C. Suzanne Lea
associate professor, Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
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Heather Littleton
professor, Department of Psychology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
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Ashley Batts Allen
associate professor of psychology and assistant dean of research, College of Arts of Sciences, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina
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Cherry M. Beasley
chair, Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina
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