Dear Asian Families: Stop Denying Mental Illness | Israa Nasir

"She ended up losing her job, she was living in and out of motels and shelters...she even got arrested a few times because she got caught stealing food from a grocery store. By the time I met her, she had been living on the streets for two years."
Statistics Referenced:
* [6:05] - The rates of reported and diagnosed mental illness are pretty low for AA compared to Euro-Americans, averaging between 5-12% depending on the community you’re looking at.
Citation: minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/br...
* [6:18] - Compared to other U.S. populations, Asian Americans are 3 times less likely to seek mental health services.
Citation: www.massgeneral.org/mongan-in...
* [7:01] - According to the Office of Minority Health, in 2017 the leading cause of death in young Asian Americans in the US was suicide.
Citation: Matsuoka, J. K., Breaux, C., & Ryujin, D. H. (1997). National utilization of mental health services by Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders. Journal of Community Psychology, 25(2), 141-145. doi:10.1002/(sici)1520-6629(199703)25:23.0.co;2-0
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