There has been a dramatic upsurge in violence against Asian Americans over the last year since the outbreak of the virus in Wuhan China.  In this episode, Dr. Virani talks with Asian American and Pacific Islander Doctors about their experiences with racial trauma and cultural boundaries that have affected them and the lives of their patients.

Discussed in this episode

• The history of xenophobia against AAPIs
• DSM-5 cultural formation interview and its evolution
• Understanding the larger social context in which a patient lives
• Recommendations on how providers should respond to racist verbal assault and hate speech.
• Misdiagnosis due to lack of understanding of cultural issues
• Ethnic preference and sharing trust with patients and providers
• Cultural competence
• The CLAS Blueprint
• Cultural concepts of distress in the DSM

Peter Jongho Na, M.D., M.P.H., is an addiction psychiatry fellow at Yale University.

Francis G. Lu, M.D., is the Luke & Grace Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Emeritus, at the University of California, Davis.  As a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), Dr. Lu has contributed to the areas of cultural psychiatry including the interface with religion/spirituality, psychiatric education, diversity/inclusion, mental health equity, and psychiatry/film. 

Dr. Connie Chen is a PGY-2 at the San Mateo County Psychiatry Residency Training Program in San Mateo, CA. She is also Co-Chair of the San Mateo County Chinese Health Initiative, where she coordinates efforts to promote access to mental health services and reduce stigma around mental illness in local Chinese and Asian American communities. Her interests include cultural psychiatry, psychotherapy, and public psychiatry.

Peter Na's Psychiatric News Article

www.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov

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