CCCSEW Receives Japanese Medical Society of America Community Outreach Program 2020 Grant

We are pleased to announce that our center was recently awarded a grant from the Japanese Medical Society of America (JMSA) in support of our Fact Sheet initiative focused on community outreach and psychoeducation for Asian Americans.

JMSA is an organization comprised of Japanese healthcare providers, students, and others from diverse backgrounds who support promoting health, science, and research among Japanese communities in the US and Japan.

In receiving the JMSA Community Outreach Program (JCOP) grant, our Center has committed to continuing to produce high-quality fact sheets that communicate evidence-informed and culturally sensitive mental health information focused on Asian American students and families. By providing scientific and relevant information, we hope to decrease barriers, including stigma and myths regarding mental health in our Asian communities. A key component of this initiative is producing linguistically and culturally sensitive translations in a variety of Asian languages along with free distribution.

See our full collection of fact sheets here. Current topics include:

• Depression Among Asian American Students 

  • (Korean, Chinese, English) 

• COVID-19 and Mental health for Asian Americans 

  • (English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese) 

• COVID-19 and Racism against Asian Americans 

  • (English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese) 

• Suicide and Self Harm for Asian Americans

  • (Korean, Chinese, English) 

• Suicide and Self Harm Among Koreans

  • (Korean, English) 

• Alcohol Use Disorder for Asian Americans 

  • (Korean, Chinese, English) 

Stay tuned for future fact sheets on anxiety in Asian Americans, psychotherapy & telemedicine, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), acculturation stress for Asian American students, and acculturation stress for Adult Asian American immigrants. These will be published on our website and advertised on social media when they are ready.

Please feel free to contact us if you have suggestions for future fact sheets, or feedback about how you have utilized the fact sheets in your own setting. Thank you so much again to JMSA and the JCOP program for your support!