What prevents more Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans from seeking mental health care?

This report goes a lo ng way toward piecing the puzzle of AANHPI mental health by uplifting new data on mental health indicators, barriers to receiving care and recommendations to overcome them. We are incredibly grateful for key investments from the State of California, our partnerships with the UCLA Center for Health P olicy Research and California Health Interview Survey, and insights from community partners to produce research that is insightful, timely and solutions-oriented.”Ramakrishnan said that for decades, community leaders have noticed a dichotomy between low rates of self-reported mental health needs and the pervasive mental health struggles they see in their communities every day.“Asian Health Services, a federally qualified health center, witnessed how the dual pandemic of COVID-19 and anti-Asian violence has exacerbated the need for mental health among our Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander patients by over two-fold,” said Thu Quach, president of Asia n Health Services. “Yet, in the midst of the greatest demand for such services, there is a severe mental health workforce shortage across the state and nation, particularly for bilingual and bicultural providers.”Zeroing in on specific subpopulations reveals insightsThe report also provides a more granular examination of mental health experiences for eight subgroups within the Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and Asian category. Those groups were: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander,...
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