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Asian Americans have a 17.30 percent overall lifetime rate of any psychiatric disorder and a 9.19 percent 12-month rate, yet Asian Americans are three times less likely to seek mental health services than Whites."
Asian American people tend to receive less mental health care and psychotherapy services when compared to other racial and ethnic groups. [9] [10] Among the Asian Americans who sought mental health help, delays in initiating the treatment sessions are common. The average time of delay is significantly longer than those observed in cases of ...
According to the NGO Mental Health in America, 5.4% of Americans identify as Asian American, and 13% of this population reported having a diagnosable mental illness in the past year. [194] This proportion of Asian Americans experiencing depression is lower than that of non-Hispanic white Americans.
This is the second story in a three-part NBC Asian America series, “The impact of COVID-19 on Filipino Americans,” supported by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2020 Data Fellowship.
Plus, what Asian American therapists say you can do to ensure it doesn't have an outsized effect on your life. 7 Ways The 'Model Minority' Myth Hurts Asian American's Mental Health Skip to main ...
In the analysis, more than 250 people helped researchers better understand Asian American experiences. To conduct the study, researchers created 66 focus groups with native- and foreign-born people.
Asian Americans have a similar incidence of mental disorders as European Americans but are three times less likely to use mental health services. [80] When Asian Americans do seek treatment, their symptoms are likely to be more severe and chronic when compared to European Americans. [ 81 ]
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