Mental Health in the Asian American Community
We taped two shows that explore mental health in the Asian American community.
Discussion Questions for Asian American Mental Health
Resources for Asian American Mental Health
In the first show, two people who work at Asian Community Mental Health Services are interviewed. One is a former client of the organization. Both are originally from Cambodia. Taped August 20, 2008.
In the second show, two people who serve Asian Americans with mental health problems, one a consumer and one a provider, are interviewed.
Notes on music:
The composer of the music and the painters of the pictures used in the show lived with serious mental health problems.
Music:
Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
Paintings:
The Parable of the Good Samaritan by Francesco Bassano
Old Man in Sorrow by Vincent van Gogh
The Erythraean Sibyl (Sistine Chapel) by Michelangelo
Note: Alameda County Behavioral Healthcare and Comcast do not necessarily endorse the content of these programs.