.asianmhc is connecting APIA people to therapists and changing the conversation around mental health. 💙
is about a year old, but you wouldn't know it from its list of accomplishments so far. The org hosts group therapy sessions and weekly roundtable discussions, and has created a directory of Asian mental health professionals. It organizes an annual mental health conference, The Transformation. This year, AMHC hopes to start subsidizing therapy.
," he said. As the follower numbers ticked up and topics became more serious, Vo and his colleagues created AMHC to expand the group's mission: to destigmatize mental health within the Asian and Pacific Islander American community.There's a strong stigma around mental health in APIA communities for a few reasons, Vo told POPSUGAR. For one thing,"you have the concept of honor and saving face really preventing us from being vulnerable, from communicating our needs," he said.
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