Culture and health intensives - PM

In 2001, The Supplement to the Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health: Culture, Race and Ethnicity called stigma the most pervasive problem preventing members of racial and ethnic minority groups from seeking treatment for mental health and substance use problems. In an effort to reduce stigma and heighten awareness of problems resulting from stigma in the Asian-American community, a 1.2-hour training DVD entitled “Saving Face: Recognizing and Managing the Stigma of Mental Illness in Asian Americans” for mental health professionals and primary care providers was developed in 2007. The DVD consists of three simulated clinical interview vignettes, one for each of Asian-American ethnic sub-groups in the US (South Asian, Vietnamese, Filipino). It features psychiatrists from those groups interviewing simulated patients played by professional medical actors; diagnoses include Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression and PTSD, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In this session, one interview vignette showing a Vietnamese man with Major Depression and PTSD will be shown and discussed with members of the audience.