Skip to Main Content
The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University

The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Governor Charlie Baker mental health budget

Baker-Polito Administration allocates $115 million in funds for behavioral health initiatives

Phoebe Chen February 1, 2022
The Baker-Polito Administration announced Jan. 26 an allocation of  $115 million to help facilitate easier access to behavioral health clinical services for adults and youth in Massachusetts. 
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences senior Josh Prinzo poses with Paris Hilton at a protest supporting the #BreakCodeSilence movement aimed at supporting survivors of the troubled team industry. COURTESY OF JOSH PRINZO

CAS student shares personal experience with ‘troubled teen’ industry

Sophia Yakumithis November 24, 2020
One afternoon, Josh Prinzo was escorted onto a bus and taken to a wilderness camp with no prospect of returning home for seven months. The BU senior became one of hundreds of teenagers forced into a behavioral facility for rebellious teenagers.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Boston University’s Student Health Services has taken on a number of new roles, such as carrying out large-scale coronavirus testing for faculty and students and conducting contact tracing. THALIA LAUZON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students reflect on COVID-19 testing procedures on campus

Anuj Sawhney November 19, 2020
SHS transformed this Fall, but some students still worry about how safe BU really is
Boston Police Department District D-4 Station in Back Bay. BPD will hire 15 mental health clinicians for the 2021 fiscal year, according to a Sept. 3 Boston City Council meeting on public safety and criminal justice. LAURYN ALLEN/ DFP FILE

BPD to hire 15 more mental health clinicians

Anne Jonas September 10, 2020
Clinicians will respond to calls for psychiatric crises or other behavioral health issues, like substance abuse.
An occupational therapist conducts a meeting. $37 million has been awarded to be invested in primary and behavioral medicine and mental health care in Massachusetts. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

MassHealth restructured, begins student loan repayment program for health care providers

Vivian Situ March 22, 2018
In order to structure MassHealth into smaller care organizations, $37 million was given to improve existing programs in primary care and behavioral health across Massachusetts. As a part of this, they will allocate a portion of their federal funding for a student loan repayment program for health professionals who are involved with this.
Freddy Vazquez, 57, sitting in Kenmore Square. PHOTO BY JENNA MANTO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

People of color more likely to experience homelessness, report shows

Jordan Kimmel March 14, 2018
A new study from The Center for Social Innovation found that people of color are considerably more likely to experience homelessness across the United States.
The Hechinger Report releases an article detailing a disparity among students with disabilities that receive college degrees. PHOTO BY JENNA MANTO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students with disabilities face dismal graduation rates, but not at BU

Camille Fowler November 14, 2017

A recent report found that about two-thirds of students with disabilities who attend a four-year college do not graduate within eight years — a trend that Boston University has attempted to remedy...

EDITORIAL: BU should weigh student and faculty health equally

EDITORIAL: BU should weigh student and faculty health equally

Editors March 31, 2016

Boston University’s Student Health Services’ Behavioral Medicine department has a counterpart for faculty and their families, called the Faculty and Staff Assistance Office. FSAO offers counseling...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
Behavioral Health