Paul Hoang LCSW Lorna Pham PsyD Gender Male Heterosexual Homosexual Bisexual Transgender Ethnicity Vietnamese VietnameseAmerican Filipino Profession Clinical Social Worker Cultural Status ID: 677858
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Paul Hoang, LCSW
LORNA PHAM, PSYDSlide2
Paul Hoang, LCSW
Lorna Pham, PsyD
Gender:
Male
Heterosexual
Homosexual
Bisexual
Transgender
Ethnicity:
Vietnamese
Vietnamese-American
Filipino
Profession:
Clinical Social Worker
Cultural Status:
Assimilated
Acculturated
Language Proficiency:
Monolingual
Bilingual
Trilingual
Gender:
Female
Heterosexual
Homosexual
Bisexual
Transgender
Ethnicity:
Vietnamese
Filipina-American
Filipina
Profession:
Clinical Psychologist
Cultural Status:
Assimilated
Acculturated
Language Proficiency:
Monolingual
Bilingual
Trilingual
? Personality
? Passion
? Religion/ SpiritualitySlide3
MENTAL HEALTH EMPOWERMENT THROUGH CULTURAL HUMILITY
PAUL HOANG, LCSW & LORNA PHAM, PSYD
MARCH 16, 2017Slide4
Welcome!
Lorna Pham, PsyD; Executive Director of Viet-CARE
1.5 Generation Filipino American
Paul Hoang, LCSW, President of Viet-CARE1.5 Generation Vietnamese-American Viet-CARE (Community Action for Resources & Empowerment Slide5
Cultural Background: Filipino Americans
Filipino Americans represent the second largest Asian American group in the United States (US Census Bureau, 2010). Roughly around 3.5 million.
California alone has 1.5 million
First filipino settler in San Francisco Bay area during the mid-19th century.Roughly about 464,000 living in SF, with largest concentration in Santa Clara County, followed by San Jose, and Daly city. More than half are living in West Coast and Hawaii. Only AA that have been placed into several ethnic categories (AA, PI, Hispanics, or Filipino).Mostly Catholics, with some Muslim and Christians. Slide6
Cultural Background: Vietnamese Americans
Relatively recent migrant group (mostly first or second-generation)
As refugees Vietnamese Americans have the highest naturalization rates in the country (76% of foreign born Vietnamese Americans are naturalized citizens compared to 67% of people from other Southeast Asian).
4th largest Asian American population in the United States.California and Texas have the highest concentration of Vietnamese American.In California, Orange County (184,153), Los Angeles, and Santa Clara countiesSlide7
Mental Health:
Vietnamese Americans: PTSD, MDD, adjustment disorder, somatization, panic attacks, schizophrenia, and GAD.
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40% of the children of resettled refugees experienced an increase in conduct and oppositional defiant disordersFilipino Americans adolescents have the highest rate of reported depressive symptoms and suicide ideations (President’s Advisory Commission on AAPI, 2001). Low suicide rate may be due to strong influence of the Catholic Church.Lower levels of self-esteem and higher levels of depression than other ethnic groups. Slide8
Substance Abuse
API Slide9
Alcohol
API: Estimated Prevalence of Alcohol use in the US (1998 data), past-month.
Age group: 12-17 (10.5), 18-25 (44.0), 26-34 (37.5), 35+ (36.7)
Gender: Male (39.9), Female (29.2) Slide10
Barriers for seeking treatment
Stigma
Lack of Resources
NIMBYCultural appropriatenessLack of educationLack family supportLanguageCultural beliefsSlide11
Another group exercise…...
What are some of your biases regarding mental health and substance?
What are some of the stereotypes surrounding Asian Americans, specifically Filipino and Vietnamese Americans?Slide12
What can we do? Slide13
RECAPSlide14
Humility
Cultural
Mental Health Empowerment
RECAPSlide15Slide16
Resources & Empowerment
Compassion
Community Action
Assessment: Needs Available resources
Education
CollaborationSlide17Slide18Slide19
How many Asian are there living in the United States
CultureSlide20
Culture = Collaboration
Customs
Values
Talents/ ResourcesPurposeDevelopment processSlide21Slide22
Cultural Humility
Shift in Attitudes and Mindset
Cultural Competency = Knowledge acquisition
Cultural Sensitivity = Awareness of othersCultural Humility = Awareness of SelfPractice Mindfulness ConnectionMeaningful dialogues and times spent with othersSelf-reflection/ self-examination regularlySlide23
Cultural
Sensitivity & HumilitySlide24Slide25Slide26Slide27
THANK YOU
5. Davis RE, Kennedy MG, Austin W.
Refugee Experiences and Southeast Asian Women’s Mental Health.
Western Journal of Nursing Research. 2000; 22.2: 144-168.9. Chu JP, Sue S. Asian American Mental Health: What we KNow and What we Don’t know. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture. 2011; 3.1.Edman, J.L., Andrade, N.N., Glipa, J., Danko, G.P., Yates, A., Johnson, R.C., McDermont (1998). Depressive symptoms among Filipino American adolescents.Cultural Diversity and Mental Health 4(1), 45-54.
The Asian Population:2010. Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Retrieved
from http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-11.pdf