Individual Author(s) / Organizational Author
Zhou, Sasha
Banawa, Rachel
Oh, Hans
Publisher
Frontiers Psychiatry
Date
November 2021
Publication
Public Mental Health
Abstract / Description
Hate crimes against Asian American/Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) have surged in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic to alarming new levels. We analyzed data from the Healthy Minds Study, and found that COVID-19 related racial/ethnic discrimination was associated with greater odds of having depression, anxiety, non-suicidal self-injury, binge drinking, and suicidal ideation among AAPI university students (N = 1,697). Findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic precipitated discrimination, which has been linked to mental health problems, calling for more preventive interventions to address the AAPI population, especially given their low rates of formal treatment utilization. (author abstract) #HES4A
Artifact Type
Research
Reference Type
Journal Article
Geographic Focus
National
Priority Population
Ethnic and racial groups
Topic Area
Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing » Mental/Behavioral Health
Social/Structural Determinants » Isms and Phobias » Racism