Due to an uptick in celebrity drug arrests and the alleged suicide of actor Lee Sun-kyun, treatment experts are calling for a change in South Korea’s harsh anti-drug policies. Prof. Hyeouk Chris Hahm from BU School of Social Work spoke to The New York Times about the historically ineffectual “war on drugs” and how South […]
In an interview with The 19th, Prof. Hyeouk Chris Hahm from BU School of Social Work discussed reasons behind the 4 percent increase in suicides for women in 2022. According to data from the CDC, 2022 also marked the highest rate of deaths by suicide in US history, with women between 25 and 34 experiencing […]
Extensive research by Prof. Hyeouk Chris Hahm from BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) and colleagues has shown that Asian American (AA) women face specific mental health challenges that are often overlooked by practitioners. That research inspired the Asian Women’s Action for Resilience and Empowerment (AWARE) Intervention, an innovative, culturally grounded, holistic group psychotherapy treatment […]
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, racial discrimination against Asian American (AA) women has shifted from microaggressions to direct verbal and physical violence. While recent quantitative studies have researched how this trend is affecting the AA community, there’s been a lack of open-ended qualitative studies to understand unique AA mental health needs post-pandemic. Prof. […]