Mental health resources prepared by Yi Chen, LMSW

Last updated: October 4, 2022

ASIAN MENTAL HEALTH

Asian Mental Health Collective | Website
It is the mission of the Asian Mental Health Collective to normalize and de-stigmatize the mental health within the Asian community.

Asian Mental Health Project | Website

The Asian Mental Health Project aims to make mental healthcare more accessible and more approachable using multimedia resources and community events, particularly for Pan-Asian communities.

Support Groups through the Asian Mental Health Project

Men's Wellness Group Sign Up

Stay In, Check-In Community Wellness Check-In Sign Up

Mental Health American / AAPI Communities | Website

National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association | Website

National Alliance on Mental Illness | Website

South Asian Sexual and Mental Health Alliance | Website

Subtle Asian Mental Health Facebook Community | Website

FINDING A THERAPIST

Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Therapists in the Maryland | Website

Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Therapists in the US | Website

Psychology Today | Website

Zen Care | Website

ASIAN AMERICAN MENTAL HEALTH RELATED INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT

@aadinitiative

@aamhaalliance

@asiansformentalhealth

@asianmentalhealthcare

@asianmentalhealthcollective

@asianmentalhealthproject

@christinechangphd

@drsnehalkumar

@nqapia

@southasianmentalhealth

@southasiantherapists

@thesassyasiantherapist

SUICIDE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION

Asian American Suicide Prevention and Education | Website

Asian LifeNet Hotline

1-877-990-8585; (Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Fujianese are offered)

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

1-800-273-8255 (TALK); more than 250 languages are offered

ASIAN AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES

The Asian Americans with Disabilities Initiative | Website | Guide

Respectability: Fight Stigmas. Advancing Opportunities. | Website

ASIAN AMERICAN AND BIPOC SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Live Another Day | Website

Equal access to live-saving mental health and substance use resources.

The Summit Wellness Group | Website

Written and curated by women of color, this guide features over 60 resources for BIPOC folx.

AAPI LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY

NAAAP PRIDE | Website

The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance | Website

Empowers LGBTQ+ Asians and Pacific Islanders through movement capacity building, policy advocacy, and representation.

Human Rights Campaign: Living Authentically as LGBTQ Asian and Pacific Islander American | Website

MEDIA AND LITERATURE

The Laundromat Doc | Website | Mental Health Resources
"The Laundromat is a documentary about many of these issues of silence, shame, and cyclical family dynamics, but just as important, The Laundromat is a name for the safe space I hope to create with this movie. I hope the film can be used as a jumping off point for reflection on one’s upbringing and the culture of the community you live in. Sometimes all one needs to begin this process is some breathing room, some emotional safety and a push in the right direction."

Memoirs

Speak, Okinawa by Elizabeth Miki Brina

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui

What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo

I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib

Minor Feelings By Cathy Park Hong

Stigma: Breaking the Asian American Silence on Mental Health by Tanaya Kollipara

American Harvest, God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland by Marie Matsuki Mockett

The Collected Schizophrenias by Esme Weijun Wang

Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans by Jenny T. Wang, PhD

On Earth, We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Crying in HMART by Michelle Zauner

Mental Health Resources created by Asian Americans

The Attachment Theory Workbook by Annie Chen

Welcome to the Grief Club by Janine Kwoh

Stigma: Breaking the Asian American Silence on Mental Health by Tanaya Kollipara

Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americns by Jenny T. Wang, PhD

Fiction

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

30 Things I Love About Myself by Radhika Sanghani

Podcasts Related to AAPI Mental Health

Mental Health Mukbang by Asian Mental Health Collective

Feeling Asian Podcast hosted by Youngmi Mayer and Brian Park

Beyond the Couch with Bridges hosted by 3 therapists, Diana Liao, LMHC, Samantha Waldman, LMHC, and Christie Kim, LMHC

Asians Do Therapy hosted by Yin J. Li, LMFT

The Tao of Self Confidence hosted by Sheena Yap Chan

If you have any virtual or local suggestions for the resource guide, please feel invited to contact yi.chen@naaap.org