mental illness
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Author deftly weaves mental health, myth and multigenerational trauma into speculative memoir
January 1, 2024 by Sharon Yamato
THE NIGHT PARADE: A SPECULATIVE MEMOIR By Jami Nakamura Lin; illustrations by Cori Nakamura Lin (New York: Mariner Books, 2023, 352 pp., $30, hardcover) There is something incredibly bold, brave […] READ MORE
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Mentally ill Nikkei woman falls through the cracks multiple times
June 9, 2022 by Nichi Bei News
Fourteen years after the San Francisco Police Department shot a mentally ill woman who was having a schizo-affective episode, she was recently released from a hospital stay and has since […] READ MORE
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Let’s Talk … About therapy
October 25, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
People sometimes ask, “How do I know I need therapy?” “How do I find a therapist that will truly understand me?” There are certainly long and detailed answers to these […] READ MORE
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Let’s Talk: About unfinished business
January 1, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
A young man once told me about the time his father was facing a terminal illness. He had gathered his sons together before his last days to apologize for having […] READ MORE
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A hidden tragedy — mental illness and suicide among Asian Americans
June 26, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
What do Jiwon Lee, Kevin Lee, and Andrew Sun have in common? Sadly, they are three Asian American college students who killed themselves in high profile cases in April at […] READ MORE
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