A formative article early in Plan A's history, written by contributor George Qiao, sought to topple the colonialist and racist conceptions of Asian American mental health, and get to the true roots of how mental health touches the Asian American community. Mark welcomes two new guests, Jay (a healthcare professional) and Kerrie (a healthcare graduate student ), and returning guest Diana, to explore this topic.

Intro/Outro Song: "Come As You Are" by Yuna (Original by Nirvana)

TWITTER:

Mark(@snbatman)

Diana (@discoveryduck)

Jay (@LithiumMano)

Kerrie (@getkerriedaway)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

Why Are Asian American Kids Killing Themselves? George Qiao: https://planamag.com/why-are-asian-american-kids-killing-themselves-477a3f6ea3f2

A very brief history on "cultural bound syndromes":

http://broughttolife.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/techniques/shenjingshuairuo

Critical perspectives of “Cultural Competency”: https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0030294

Racial Identity Development - Summary on all the different models:

https://studentdevelopmenttheory.wordpress.com/racial-identity-development/

Unnatural Causes - A movie regarding health outcomes related to racism: https://www.pbs.org/unnaturalcauses/explore_learn.htm

The public reception of putative epigenetic mechanisms in the transgenerational effects of trauma: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6051458/

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES:

1-877-990-8585, 24hr Asian LifeNet Hotline, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Fujianese available.

https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres

http://www.befrienders.org/ (has global resources and hotlines)

http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/GetHelp/LifelineChat.aspx

http://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help-you [UK]

https://www.lifeline.org.au/Get-Help/ [AU]

http://www.crisistextline.org

https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Related-Conditions/Risk-of-Suicide

https://www.thetrevorproject.org

http://youthspace.ca

https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/