Research Community Link: #12 Emerging Adults w Mental Illness

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Trauma and mental illness seem inexorably linked with racism and homelessness contributing to severity and complexity. How do we know? Does evidence exist? Do we even need proof? Isn’t it obvious? I think I need to speak with a social worker, researcher. Fortunately, I met Whitney Irie, Ph.D., MSW, Assistant Professor at Boston College School of Social Work, who introduced me to Robert Motley, Ph.D., MSW, also at Boston College. Robert examines the intersection of racism, violence, and trauma for emerging black adult men and women ages 18–29 and associated mental and behavioral outcomes. Eureka, a match!

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Podcast intro

Welcome to Health Hats, the Podcast. I’m Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged cisgender old white man of privilege who knows a little bit about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life’s realities in the awesome circus of healthcare. Let’s make some sense of…