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The Deafening Silence: Asian American women in the whirlpool of depression

Pooja | May 17 2007

Among women, Asian Americans have some of the highest rates of suicide in the nation. A professor who has been studying suicide since her own sister took her life links it and other mental health problems to model minority identity pressures. Parents.

Tags: Asian Americans, Suicides, Model Minority, Noh, California State University, Fullerton, Depression, Dr. Dung Ngo, Baylor University, Texas, Domestic Violence, National Asian Women's Health Organization, Politics & Society

Interview

Sara Rich

Suzanne Swift, the then twenty one year old Army Specialist, was arrested for showing her reluctance in going back to fight in Iraq. She served in Iraq for a year but decided she won�t return and went AWOL. Not only did she feel the war lacked purpose, Swift said her superiors repeatedly sexually harassed her while serving in Iraq.

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