Associate Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm tells AP News how results from her nationwide survey of young adults during COVID-19 signals a need for increased mental health support. Excerpted from “For emerging adults, pandemic serves up unique challenges” by Holly Ramer, Associated Press: At Boston University’s School of Social Work, Hyeouk Chris Hahm has been conducting […]
According to a new study led by BUSSW Associate Professor Hyeouk Hahm, clinical symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD have risen sharply since the onset of Covid-19 and could be affecting as many as 45% of young adults. In the Public Health Post, Hahm and study collaborators Kirsten Fleming and Cindy H. Liu share the […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded grant funding to BUSSW associate professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm and co-principal investigator Cindy Liu for CARES, their developing study on the short and long-term effects of COVID-19 on young adults. CARES (the COVID-19 Adult Resilience Experiences Study) will recruit 2,000 young adults, ages 18 to 30, currently residing […]
We all know the novel coronavirus has done serious damage to Americans’ physical and economic wellbeing. But what will it do to their mental health—in particular, for the workforce of the future, young people who find themselves suddenly evicted from college campuses, their work offices, and perhaps even out of their jobs entirely? BUSSW professor Hyeouk […]