Los Angeles Center Helps Asian-Americans with Mental Health Needs
December 2nd, 2009
While obtaining mental health services able to truly make a long-term difference in personal well-being and prosperity is a challenge for many people in the United States, low-income minorities are often faced with especially difficult pathways to care. Whether because of language and cultural barriers or discriminatory treatment, many Asian Americans find themselves unable to receive help, even though many struggle with the effects of trauma and distress caused by the Vietnam War and other conflicts. A rising source of hope for this community, however, is Los Angeles’ Asian Pacific Family Center. Garnering attention from local lawmakers and officials as mental health demands rise while budgets threaten to hamper initiatives, the center brings stigma-fighting, personalized care to its clients, most of whom carry out full courses of treatment and report enjoying better lives as a result.
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This move is sure to bring a lot of confidence of Asian Americans in the system and is set to neutralize the loss of confidence in the system due to them being discriminated against in many cases. It is a good move and should be seen to it that the benefits are reaching the deserving populace.
While it is an open secret that there is discrimination all over, there needs to be transparency regarding the allocation of funds to these kind of centers to prove to the people that the funds allocated are on par or maybe even better than what is allocated to other such centers.
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