March 11th - Free Asian American Mental Health Panel @ NYU

Monday, March 8, 2010

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, Email apa.rsvp@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 )

Tazuko Shibuzawa, MSW, PhD, Associate Professor of Social Work, NYU

Moderator:

Nadia Islam, PhD, Deputy Director, Center for the Study of Asian American Health, NYU