Op-Ed: How do we help Monterey Park shooting survivors now left with horrific trauma? (via latimesopinion)
While the motives of the perpetrator are still being investigated, Asian Americans remain a population forced to live on high alert.
The need for culturally competent, multilingual and accessible mental health services will only grow. Yet in my work developing digital tools for mental health, I’ve encountered little research examining and calling for improvements in AAPI mental health services. This leaves a lack of relevant training for providers.
This issue is just one concern in the larger conversation around the Monterey Park mass shooting. But it is real and raw for the people in our community today. I’m afraid many will carry their trauma, unaddressed and unacknowledged. There is no simple solution, only a need for our communities — and those who control the mental health resources around us — to acknowledge people who lack access to services. More providers need improved training in culturally aware and trauma-informed care.in Alhambra — the second location the attacker targeted — reopened just days after the shooting so people could cope through a sense of normalcy and community.
Celine Tien is the founder and chief executive of Flowly: relaxation training, a mobile app for people living with anxiety and chronic pain and illness. She is also a principal investigator on National Institutes of Health-backed clinical trials.
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