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As the mental health needs of children, adolescents, and families continue to grow, so do appropriate settings to provide prevention, early intervention, and clinical treatment. The increase of cultural, ethnic, racial, and linguistic diversity of children and teenagers creates additional challenges as well as unique opportunities. In recent years, schools have come into sharper focus in part due to high-profile incidents including bullying, suicides, and student-on-student violence including the shootings at Columbine High School and the Virginia Tech massacre. Such incidents are not necessarily new. Violence is an everyday occurrence for some, especially in urban areas of poverty, blight, unemployment, and social fragmentation. What may be striking for many are the heightened levels of violence turned toward oneself or others.
Throughout the text, Asian American Pacific Islander, AAPI as an abbreviation, Asian Americans and Asians will be used interchangeably.
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The author wishes to acknowledge his daughter Rachel E. Mock for the inspiration of sample narratives reflecting AAPI home and school experiences. She is at the University of California, Irvine, majoring in Asian American Studies and Psychology. While these are actual narratives, some of the information has been changed to maintain anonymity and confidentiality.
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Specific Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Mental Health Resources:
American Psychiatric Association
1000 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1825
Arlington, VA 22209–3901
703-907-7300
Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA)
of the American Psychological Association
PMB#527
5025 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85012
California Institute for Mental Health (CiMH)
Center for Multicultural Development (CMD)
2125—19th Street, 2nd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 556–3480
Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
145 Ninth Street, #350
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 863–0814
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA)
1215—19th Street, Suite A
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 298–7910
National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA)
340 East Second Street, Suite 409
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 625–5795
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Mock, M.R. (2013). Advancing School-Based Mental Health for Asian American Pacific Islander Youth. In: Clauss-Ehlers, C., Serpell, Z., Weist, M. (eds) Handbook of Culturally Responsive School Mental Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4948-5_8
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