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Kudos to Associate Professor Elizabeth Bowen, PhD Candidate Andrew Irish, PhD student Charles LaBarre, PhD student Nicole Capozziello, Emeritus Research Professor Thomas Nochajski and colleagues publish article, "Qualitative insights in item development for a comprehensive and inclusive measure of recovery capital" in the journal Addiction Research & Theory.

Dear SSW Community,

Ongoing wars and pandemics, added to the personal stresses we all face, can take a toll on our mental health. Since 1949,  the month of May has been designated as National Mental Health Month to call attention to the need for mental health awareness and wellness in the lives of Americans. According to Mental Health America, the term mental health refers to the emotional and social well-being of individuals, impacting the way they think, feel, and behave. It plays a role in how people connect with others, make decisions, handle stress and many other aspects of daily life. Paying attention to our own mental health—and our family, friends, and colleagues—is especially important during these unsettled times. As social workers, mental health awareness is a critical aspect of our profession and our ability to connect with appropriate services is imperative. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, for example, has planned an entire month of information, including a Twitter chat on mental health at work, as well as presentations on suicide prevention and reducing the stigma associated with mental health. We also know that stress can look quite different in relation to our diverse backgrounds and the varying interactions we possess.

Kudos to Assistant Professor Mickey Sperlich and her colleague on the publication of their article, "'I got to catch my own baby': A qualitative study of our of hospital birth" in Reproductive Health.

Kudos to Associate Professor Kelly Patterson and her colleagues on the publication of their article, "Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) on the geographic, socio-economic, and public policy periphery: A critical case study of blocked mobility in the City of San Diego, California" in Critical Sociology.

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Maria Rodriguez and her colleagues on the publication of their article, "Text-mining open-ended survey responses using structural topic modeling: A practical demonstration to understand parents' coping methods during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore" in the Journal of Technology in Human Services.

Congratulations to our latest MSW students on achieving excellence and  being inducted into the Phi Alpha National Social Work Honor Society - Rho Kappa Chapter on April 21, 2022. 

Congratulations to Professor Laina Bay-Cheng, PhD Candidate Hannah Ginn and their colleagues on the publication of their article, "The sexual rights of others: Majoritized women's support for marginalized women's rights" in The Journal of Sex Research.

Congratulations to PhD student Jessica Mencia and her colleagues on the publication of their article, "Family planning research in African immigrant and refugee women: A scoping review" in the Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 

As members of the Graduate Student Association of the UB School of Social Work,

Kudos to Professor Hilary Weaver on the publication of her book, "The Routledge International Handbook of Indigenous Resilience."

Congratulations to Associate Professor Kelly Patterson and her colleagues on the publication of their article, "It is not always sunny in San Diego for Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) holders: The reproduction of racial and socioeconomic segregation under the Choice Communities Initiative" in the Journal of Policy Practice and Research.

Kudos to Assistant Professor Maria Y. Rodriguez and colleagues on the publication of a special issue of the Journal of Community Practice, which they co-edited, entitled "Digital Organizing: Definitions, Applications, Methods and Ethics."