Earn .5 CE Hour
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Session summary: CHATogether is a mental health initiative from the Yale School of Medicine that aims to foster communication among Asian American families. To promote mental health literacy, our group focuses on addressing intergenerational, cultural, and linguistic barriers using various creative media, such as using skits, graphic arts, and emotion flashcards. Through examining the work that CHATogether has done, we hope to raise awareness about the barriers to mental health literacy and creative strategies to overcome them and discuss exciting future directions.
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Speaker(s):
Ashley Benhayoun
Undergraduate Student Researcher
University of Southern California
Coppell, Texas, United States
Julia Zhong, BS
Postgraduate Research Associate
Yale Child Study Center
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Tse Yen Tan, BA
Postgraduate Associate
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Yu Kyung Lee, BA
MD Candidate
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Franzel Tablan, BS
Postgraduate Researcher
Wilfrid Laurier Alumni Association
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Brandon Lee, n/a
Student
Bard High School Early College Queens
Queens Village, New York, United States
Slides
Session summary: CHATogether is a mental health initiative from the Yale School of Medicine that aims to foster communication among Asian American families. To promote mental health literacy, our group focuses on addressing intergenerational, cultural, and linguistic barriers using various creative media, such as using skits, graphic arts, and emotion flashcards. Through examining the work that CHATogether has done, we hope to raise awareness about the barriers to mental health literacy and creative strategies to overcome them and discuss exciting future directions.
Learning Objectives:
- After attending this session, attendees will be able to understand cultural and linguistic intergenerational discrepancies and how they can give rise to stress or conflict in Asian American families.
- After attending this session, attendees will be able to understand the scope of how creative media can be utilized to improve mental health literacy, learning from video skits and art.
- Attendees will learn about current CHATogether projects that promote health literacy through multiple community engagements, from researchers and clinicians to Asian American communities.
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