Isabel Fajardo
Week 6
AO3
I
have always thought that the interaction between mental illnesses and education
was interesting, especially because it is an issue that has affected those
around me. In “On Some College Campuses, A Focus On Asian American Mental
Health,” I was really disheartened but not surprised to see how high the
percentage of Asian-American suicides were in comparison to how many
Asian-Americans students attended Cornell. My main circle of friends in high
school consisted of many Asia-Americans who often shared the same story of
parents who grew up in an Asian country and had a negative view of depression
and anxiety, among many other mental health concerns. My brother has told me
time and time again that in the Philippines – where my parents come from – if
you had depression, you were cast away from society and had a huge stigma
following.
This
article went over the basics of mental illnesses in the Asian-American
community, most things I thought were already common knowledge: family,
financial, and school situations often led people to become mentally ill, and Asian-Americans
are more likely to not seek help – professional or otherwise – when they need
it. I wish the article went more into depth as to why these stigmas appear or
further ways to help those in need besides encouraging them to just seek out
professional help. I know it is hard to take that first step.
So
my question is this: what more can we do to help Asian-Americans take the first
step for recovery or help?
References:
Kam, K. (2013) On Some
College Campuses, a Focus on Asian American Mental Health. From New
America Media, New Feature. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
[The Tempest]. (2017, October 2). Living
With a Mental Disorder If You're Asian American [Video File].
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_phAFo0zvE
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