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Mental Health & Trauma
Why is the Korean American suicide rate so high? Mental health experts point to culture and environment.
In California, diagnosis of PPD has increased dramatically in Asian communities. Against a backdrop of high rates of C-section interventions, there are few culturally competent birthing and postpartum professionals, and lower awareness of how to access the resources that exist.
Hampered by lack of English proficiency, discrimination and immigration challenges, many immigrants use their mobile phones as a life line to stave off loneliness.
Arrests and court hearings are also facets of the criminal justice system that can have lasting effects on a person’s mental health.
The prevalence of suicide among Koreans is raising alarm. Research by the Korea Daily indicates that 2,353 Koreans took their own lives nationwide from 2011 to 2022.
Recent high-profile deaths have forced people to look at ways Blacks, particularly Black males, are suffering. Mental health is at the top of the list.
It started with photos showing abuse of a nonverbal, developmentally disabled woman in a group home. “Opening that email was the moment I realized the project I had taken on was about to become something else entirely, and I wasn’t sure if I was prepared,” writes Chistopher Egusa.
With over 1,900 deaths recorded in 2022, fentanyl overtakes meth as top cause of overdoses in L.A. County.