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Downsizing the Home: Dr. Gail Steketee Shares Her Insights on Hoarding

BUSSW’s Dean Gail Steketee discusses the difference between clutter and hoarding in her assessment of the emotional connections to items.  She is highly esteemed in her field.  Her work highlights her expertise in obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders.  She co-authored the book, Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things, and the first edited scholarly volume on […]

BU Today: Professor Hahm’s Discussion of the Mental Health Impact of “Model Minority” Pressures

  Professor Hyeouk “Chris” Hahm has dedicated her work at BUSSW to protecting the mental health and sexual health of Asian American women.  She founded BUSSW’s Asian American Women’s Health Initiative Project (AWSHIP) and the federally funded Asian Women’s Action for Resilience and Empowerment (AWARE).  AWARE seeks to improve the mental and sexual health of […]