Brandy Mechling: PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, Lecturer
Education:
- 2012 - PhD - University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
- 2005 - MSN, Hampton University, Hampton, VA
- 1997 - BSN, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Research Interests:
- Ambiguous Loss in family members of the mentally ill
- Outcomes for young adults who grow up with a mentally ill parent in the home
- Young caregiving in children and adolescents of mentally Ill parents
- The experience for children growing up with a depressed mother or father; buffers to the experience; risk and resiliency factors
Community Engagement
- Camp Bones, 2006 - present
- P.O.R.T. Human Services - SEARISE Program Advisory Board Member, 2010 - present
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) local chapter member, volunteer, 2008 - present