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By Sam Louie, Photo: Thirteen .J/Unsplash, Psychology Today, April 26, 2023 With Asian American Pacific Islander month upon us this May, I wanted to focus on my specialty in working with Asian Americans. What exactly is Asian American mental health and how is it different from others? Asian Americans struggle with mental health issues such as anxiety , depression , and addiction , just like anyone else. In addition, due to immigration, cultural, and generational patterns, a therapist needs...

By Michael Flores, Photo: Chris Farias/LAist, LAist, January 25, 2023 Many Asian Americans are questioning the state of mental health in their community after the shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay . Therapy can help with anger management, conflict resolution and negotiation skills, according to Jenny Wang, Ph.D, who is a therapist and author of Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans. “Does therapy prevent all violence? Probably not,” she said. "But...

By Kendra Cherry, Illustration: Verywell Mind, Verywell Mind, January 27, 2023 Mental health resources for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are essential today with the rise of hate and discrimination directed toward these communities. According to a report issued by Stop AAPI Hate, a group that works to track incidents of racially motivated harassment and violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, anti-Asian hate crimes are on the rise. Between March 19, 2020, and...

By Ariel Aberg-Riger, Linda Poon, and Sarah Holder, Illustration: Ariel Aberg-Riger, Bloomberg CityLab + Equality, April 19, 2021 In the past year, Asian Americans have been subjected to a spike of hate crimes, verbal assaults, and physical violence, with women and elderly people among the most frequent victims. The discrimination that underlies this recent spate of attacks isn’t new, but it has spurred a new generation of activists and advocates to protect their own communities. We talked...

Iowa governor will sign bill rolling back labor protections for children The measure is the latest in a raft of legislation in several states that aims to loosen restrictions on youth employment By Jacob Bogage , Washington Post, May 4, 2023 at 7:12 p.m. EDT Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday said she will sign a bill to roll back labor protections for children, allowing them to work longer hours and take jobs that had been prohibited.The measure — championed by conservative lobbying groups,...

“Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Alice: I don't much care where. The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn't much matter which way you go. Alice: ...So long as I get somewhere. The Cheshire Cat: Oh, you're sure to do that, if only you walk long enough.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Originally written in 1865, the message then is still incredibly relevant today. Having a clearly defined...

From CNN Opinion, March 28, 2023 by Jillian Peterson, Ph.D. and James Densley, Ph.D., are co-founders and co-presidents of The Violence Project, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research center. They are the authors of the award-winning book, “The Violence Project: How to stop a mass shooting epidemic.” The views expressed in this commentary are the authors’ own. View more opinio n on CNN. Since 1996, we have studied the life histories of nearly 200 mass shooters, initially with funding from the...

Children and youth in the United States are experiencing a profound mental health crisis. The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory reports rising rates of psychological distress, including anxiety, depression, and other emotional and behavioral symptoms among children and youth. Among youth ages 12 to 17 who experienced a major depressive episode , nearly half perceived that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected their mental health. Emergency department visits for mental health concerns have...

In this episode of Transforming Trauma, Emily is joined by Dr. Albert Wong, a leading clinician and educator in the field of somatics. A Marshall Scholar educated at Princeton and Oxford, he also served as residential staff at the Esalen Institute for five years. In his most recent endeavor, Dr. Albert Wong is Director of the Trauma Informed Certificate Program at Somatopia, an online training in Somatic Psychology, the body-mind connection and embodied approaches to healing. From Dr. Wong’s...

By Laura Gallant, 5/4/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ On March 28 th , the HOPE National Resource Center (NRC) held a panel discussion “HOPE around the Globe.” This event was part of our 2023 Week of HOPE , which focused on the theme of practicing HOPE. The panel consisted of Lynn Kemp, PhD; Teniola Okun, MPH; Saija Westerlund-Cook, and Rebekah Grace, PhD. During the panel, they each shared their experiences implementing HOPE in non-US settings – Australia, Canada, Finland,...

All children need a secure, safe, and stable environment as they grow up. Young kids must have the care and support they need to aid in their development. But children with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are especially prone to struggling as they age if they don’t have stability. While stability and support can come from a child’s housing situation and those who raise them, they also need quality care from the doctors in their lives. A lack of secure, safe, and stable healthcare for...

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press (AP), May 2, 2023 Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic. About half of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced loneliness, Dr. Vivek Murthy said in an 81-page report from his office. “We now know that loneliness is a common feeling that many people experience.