Art & Healing

This is a research paper, also from my last semester at SFSU.  This was done in Grace Yoo and Darren Won's "Asian American Pro-Seminar" class, also known as "AAS 697."  As stressful as this class was, it really helped me to narrow down my focus...especially as graduation came closer.  Although it was completed for a passing grade in professor Yoo's class, it is, in my eyes, not complete.  There is still much research to be done, more voices to be heard.....and hopefully by creating legitimate research results, we can provide much needed services to this particular community.

My research paper discussed mental health disorders and issues in the Asian American women's community.  If you didn't already know, suicide and mental health disorders among our community are highest as compard to other groups of color, yet we utilize mental help services the least. What are the cultural boundaries that keep Asian American women from asking for help? Why do Asian families make "shame" and "silence" such a valuable cultural factor when dealing with problems?

Through my research, I've found that Asian culture does not teach vebal communication very well, but art has become a platform to start painful and difficult conversations in a non-verbal manner.... Read on by clicking on the link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OLMvLfhGQc_Ivhwm-9f1BdDFDKY3LSLzPAnd-pBk7UI/edit?usp=sharing


(all citations and research sources are in the paper)

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