Mental healthcare for Cambodian, Vietnamese refugees limited by shortage of bicultural, bilingual providers [centerforhealthjournalism.org]
By Agnes Constante, Center for Health Journalism, September 17, 2020 Paul Hoang moved to Orange County in 2007 after a taxing work year as a mental health clinician in Illinois. In the Midwest, he had seen clients who drove up to six hours once a month — even through blizzards — for his services. Demand was high because there was a lack of providers serving the Vietnamese community, he said. It was something he tried to remedy by getting involved in local politics to advocate for more...