Research shows that Asian Americans have fairly high needs for mental health services, but tend to underutilize them.
A program of the Little Tokyo Service Center will begin offering free suicide prevention training in the New Year. They’ll use what’s known as theProgram Coordinator Matthew Yonemura says there’s a need within the AAPI community for more mental health services. This year his group was also able to provide nearly 70 people with free therapy sessions thanks to donations.“A lot of these people are first-time therapy-goers. Or people who have gone to therapy and they couldn’t afford to continue.
and at schools and churches around L.A starting early 2023. Yonemura says he hopes to make the training available to anyone interested.If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs immediate help, call or text the
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