Decolonizing Mental Health for AAPI Youth & Families Symposium: Keynote Dr. Jacob Ham

Decolonizing Mental Health for AAPI Youth & Families Symposium held on Nov 2, 2023.
Setting the Stage with Sahnah Lim, PhD, MPH, MIA and Keynote Speaker Dr. Jacob Ham.
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As we emerge from the COVID pandemic in New York City, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are taking stock of the aftermath. We are reflecting on our identities, reassessing our priorities, and redefining our connections with the community around us. What remains true is that anti-Asian hate exists and continues to impact our lives and health. The collective trauma and losses have impacted our mental well-being. Western frameworks of therapy, psychiatry, and healing are generally steeped in individualistic, paternalistic, and racist ideals. How do we address this, as individuals and as a society, when there are structural and systemic constraints in the current mental healthcare system? How do we re-envision wellness outside of Western biomedicine?
In this symposium, we will grapple with these questions in several ways. In examining the limits of current data and research around AAPI mental health in NYC, we will propose areas of future research and explore how to better prepare clinicians to support our youth and families.