Looking for good and useful resources about healthy living—relationally, emotionally, mentally, and personally? When people seek healthy living, shame most often keeps people from getting help for those who struggle with mental health.
There are mental health and mental illness resources that are helpful to all ethnicities and background. There are also some mental health resources that are designed specifically to Asian Americans. This page will be a curation of mental health resources for Asian Americans that speak directly to their social, relational, and cultural context.
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General Health-Related Resources
- California Mental Health Services Authority calmhsa.org
- about “honor and shame” cultures
- Brené Brown (popular speaker, author, researcher on shame & vulnerability)
- Treating Shame Series (National Institue for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine) – good info about shame and the brain, tips for therapists
- Curt Thompson – author of The Soul of Shame and Anatomy of the Soul
- Mental health podcasts
- The Mental Illness Happy Hour http://mentalpod.com
- CXMH: intersection of Christianity & mental health https://cxmhpodcast.com
- The Dark Place http://www.joelkutz.com/darkplace
- The Struggle Bus https://strugglebuspodcast.com
- The Hilarious World of Depression https://www.apmpodcasts.org/thwod/
Asian American mental health resources
- Subtle Asian Mental Health https://subtleasianmentalhealth.org
- Sam Louie http://www.samlouiespeaks.com
- Asian American Christian Counseling Service http://aaccs.org
- Top Articles and Videos about Asian Americans and Mental Health
Podcasts on Asian American health
- Erasing Shame https://erasingshame.com
- Psych Rally http://psychrallypodcast.com
- The Same Boat http://roykimtherapy.com/the-same-boat-podcast
- The Bull and the Badger https://www.thelaundromatdoc.com/podcast
Questioning about Why to Live on? Get Help Now
Crisis Text Line – text HOME to 741741 (24-hour service in the US)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) 24-hour service; over 150 languages offered