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Understanding Korean Americans’ Mental Health

A Guide to Culturally Competent Practices, Program Developments, and Policies
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At nearly 1.9 million, the Korean American community is one of the major Asian ethnic subgroups in the United States. Though considered among one of the model minority groups, excelling academically and professionally, members in this community are plagued by unaddressed mental health obstacles. In Understanding Korean Americans' Mental Health: A Guide to Culturally Competent Practices, Program Developments, and Policies, the editors, Anderson Sungmin Yoon, Sung Seek Moon, and Haein Son, examine a variety of mental health issues in the Korean American community, including depression, anxiety, suicide, substance abuse, and trauma, and convincingly connect these challenges to cultural stigma and racial prejudice. The editors argue that this population and its mental health needs are, to varying degrees, neglected by current approaches in mainstream mental health services. Alarmingly, the very cultural values and attitudes that help make up the Korean American community are contributing to its members’ reluctance to seek care, counting both familial and communal shame among the most pressing culprits. This book supports these claims with statistical realities and seeks to gather the relatively scarce research that does exist on this topic to underscore the heightened prevalence of mental health issues and related symptoms among Korean Americans, and the contributors make recommendations for more culturally competent practices, program developments, and policies.

Author Biography:

Anderson Sungmin Yoon is assistant professor of social work at Nyack College. Sung Seek Moon is the Carl and Martha Lindner Endowed Chair for Global Studies at Baylor University. Haein Son is a licensed clinical social worker and a credential alcoholism and substance abuse counselor.
Release date Australia
July 12th, 2021
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Contributions by Christina Seowoo Lee
  • Contributions by Daniel Hyung Jik Lee
  • Contributions by Jae Won Kim
  • Contributions by Jessica Cho Kim
  • Contributions by Jung Sim Jun
  • Contributions by Sharon Jung
  • Contributions by Soonok An
  • Edited by Anderson Sungmin Yoon
  • Edited by Haein Son
  • Edited by Sung Seek Moon
Illustrations
Illustrations, unspecified; Graphs; Tables
Pages
408
Dimensions
160x228x37
ISBN-13
9781793636454
Product ID
34775064

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