Tag: COVID-19

The “Aging Disaster” of COVID-19: Prof. Gonyea and PhD Student O’Donnell Examine the Impact of Social Isolation on Boston’s Older Residents

Judith Gonyea, professor and associate dean of faculty affairs at BUSSW, is one of five BU faculty to receive funding from BU’s Initiative on Cities (IOC) call for COVID-19 Urban Research-to-Action proposals. Working with Co-PI PhD student Arden O’Donnell, in collaboration with the City of Boston’s Age Strong Commission, Gonyea and the team will examine the […]

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Lessons from the Field: Are Paramedics Equipped to Manage Behavioral Health Emergencies?

Paramedics are frontline healthcare providers, responding to everyday emergencies from heart attacks and strokes, to public health crises like COVID-19 and the opioid epidemic. While these workers are skilled in life-saving resuscitation and stabilization, a study by BUSSW researchers finds that they are far less prepared in their training to deal with behavioral health issues. […]