{"id":802,"date":"2021-11-22T08:43:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T13:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/?page_id=802"},"modified":"2024-09-04T21:08:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T01:08:11","slug":"health-wellness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/benefits\/health-wellness\/","title":{"rendered":"Health &#038; Wellness Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>For a comprehensive list of health and wellness resources for students, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentwellbeing\/\">Student Wellbeing website<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/getting-started\/resources-for-health-and-wellness\/\">Student Health Services page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Behavioral &amp; Mental Health<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4>Internal Resources<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/behavioral-medicine\/\">BU Behavioral Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/\">Center for Anxiety &amp; Related Disorders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cpr.bu.edu\/\">Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>External Resources<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/\"><\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/samaritanshope.org\/\">Boston Samaritans Hotline<\/a>: 1-877-870-4673<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/suicidepreventionlifeline.org\/\">National Suicide Prevention Hotline<\/a>: 1-800-273-TALK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrevorproject.org\/\">The Trevor Project<\/a> (LGBTQ+): 1-866-488-7386<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Substance Abuse<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaboston.org\/\">Boston Alcoholics Anonymous<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nerna.org\/\">New England Region of Narcotics Anonymous<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Food Access<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/snap-benefits-formerly-food-stamps\">Massachusetts SNAP program<\/a> helps individuals and families stretch their food dollars. You can stretch your food stamps funds even further at farmers markets with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.gov\/departments\/food-initiatives\/healthy-incentives-program\">Healthy Incentives program<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/women-infants-children-wic-nutrition-program\">Massachusetts WIC\u00a0program<\/a> provides access to food, education, and other resources for families who qualify<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbfb.org\/need-food\/\">Greater Boston Food Bank<\/a> offers great tools to help you find pantries, community meals, and other food resources in your area<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectbread.org\/get-help\/foodsource-hotline.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Bread\u2019s Food Source Hotline<\/a> helps callers find food resources near them and determine eligibility for and complete SNAP applications<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/national-hunger-hotline\">National Hunger Hotline<\/a> can help you find emergency food assistance, food pantries, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Parenting &amp; Family Support<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/lifebu\/resources-for-you-your-family\/breastfeeding-lactation-support\/\">List of lactation rooms at BU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.mass.edu\/cnp\/nprograms\/\">Free or reduced price school meals<\/a> for school-aged children<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/family\/childcare-centers-on-campus\/boston-university-childrens-center\/\">BU Children\u2019s Center<\/a> (Charles River Campus)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/littlesprouts.com\/schools\/bumc\/\">Little Sprouts<\/a> (Medical Campus)<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fsao\/resources\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU Faculty Staff Assistance Office<\/a> offers workshops to balance home and academic life<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frcma.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Massachusetts Family Resource Centers<\/a> offer multi-cultural parenting programs, support groups, early childhood services, information and referral resources, and education for families<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a comprehensive list of health and wellness resources for students, visit the Student Wellbeing website or the Student Health Services page. Behavioral &amp; Mental Health Internal Resources BU Behavioral Medicine Center for Anxiety &amp; Related Disorders Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation External Resources Boston Samaritans Hotline: 1-877-870-4673 National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK The Trevor Project [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10835,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/802"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10835"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4415,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/802\/revisions\/4415"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}