According to USA Today (1/25, Ramirez), in California, this year’s Lunar New Year’s “mood has been marred by Saturday’s massacre in Monterey Park, a predominantly Asian American community near Los Angeles,” and again in another mass shooting in Half Moon Bay. In the aftermath of these tragedies “and several years of collective trauma endured by the Asian American community…advocates said they are worried that recent mass shootings and attacks are creating mental health trauma for many Asian Americans,” and they now “fear many people most in need either won’t pursue help or won’t be able to access proper care.” Barriers to mental healthcare faced by Asian Americans include “stigma…high financial costs and a shortage of mental health professionals with language and cultural expertise.”
Related Links:
— “‘No safe spaces’: For Asian Americans, California shootings add to growing mental health crisis “Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, January 25, 2023