[NYAPRS Enews] March 11 Free NYU Asian American Mental Health Panel

[Harvey Rosenthal]

A/P/A Institute at NYU presents Asian American Mental Health Panel
Co-sponsored By The NYU Center For The Study Of Asian American Health

Date: Thursday, Mar 11th
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM  
Location: 19 University Place  AUDITORIUM 102  New York, NY 10003  (212)
998-3700
Free and open to the public.
To RSVP: Online: www.apa.nyu.edu <http://www.apa.nyu.edu/> , Email
apa.rsvp at nyu.edu, or Call 212-992-9653   

RSVP by Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

Asian Americans experience an equally high, if not higher rate of mental
illness than the general population, but are one-fourth as likely to 
seek help. Mental health brings with it stigmas and hidden communities
within communities.

This panel will discuss the work of some of the research essays included
in the groundbreaking new book released by NYU's Center for the Study of

Asian American Health, Asian American Communities and Health, which
includes research on mental health in the Asian American population with

the elderly and LGBT Asian American communities. The panel will open
with a preview clip from the documentary film, "Can," a work-in-progress

by Pearl J. Park, which follows Can Truong, a war refugee who was among
the millions of boat people who fled Vietnam in the 1970's, was a model 
student, and aspiring to become a doctor when he was diagnosed with
depression and bipolar disorder.

The Asian American population is growing at a faster pace than other
large racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Its growth is
expected to triple between now and 2050 when Asian Americans will
constitute 8% of the U.S. population. The community also has unique
healthcare needs.

Panelists:
Irene Chung, PhD, Associate  Professor  and Chair, Casework Curriculum,
Hunter College School of Social Work
Sel J. Hwahng, PhD, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Columbia
University
Duy Nguyen, MSW, PhD, Assistant Professor, Silver School of Social Work,
NYU
Pearl J. Park, Producer/Director of the documentary film-in-progress
"Can" (amongourkin.org <http://amongourkin.org/> .)
Tazuko Shibuzawa, MSW, PhD, Associate Professor of Social Work, NYU
Moderated by Nadia Islam, PhD, Deputy Director, Center for the Study of
Asian American Health, NYU

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