One contributing factor to the ever increasing youth mental health crisis could be high levels of sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation, or sleep for less than 9 hours, can lead to higher rates of suicide and suicide ideation. In her op-ed for Psychology Today, BUSSW alum Kathleen Mackenzie (MSW’92) explains why sleep is an essential first […]
BU School of Social Work alum Jill Shames (COM’82, SSW’83) was recently interviewed by The New York Times for an article focused on the Israeli aid workers who have joined the effort to provide emergency services for Ukrainian refugees. Shames, a social worker who lives in Israel, is currently in Moldova volunteering in an advanced […]
Last week on the JobMakers podcast, BU School of Social Work alum and lecturer Dr. Celine Miranda (MSW’01, PhD’15) shared her experience as executive director of the Hyde Square Task Force in a conversation with host Denzil Mohammed, director of the Public Education Institute. JobMakers is a production of the Pioneer Institute and The Immigrant […]
BU School of Social Work alum and social worker Jill Shames (COM’82, SSW’83) is providing on-the-ground emergency services for Ukrainian refugees just across the Ukraine border in Moldova, where she’s volunteering with the non-profit group United Hatzalah of Israel. As an aid worker in the group’s Advanced Psychotrauma Unit, Shames says she is “summoned to […]