COVID-19 Racism Takes Toll on Chinese Americans’ Mental Health

— Slurs perpetuated online, in-person become everyday reality for many families, survey reveals

by Elizabeth Hlavinka, Staff Writer, MedPage Today  October 28, 2020

Chinese Americans are experiencing more racial discrimination and it appears to be affecting their mental health, according to a convenience sample survey.

Among 543 Chinese-American parents, the proportion who reported experiencing racial discrimination in-person and online due to COVID-19 was 50.9% and 31.7%, respectively, reported Charissa S. L. Cheah, PhD, of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and colleagues.

In a group of 230 of their children, ages 10-18 years, who were also surveyed, 50.2% and 45.7% said they had experienced racial discrimination in-person and online, respectively, they wrote in Pediatrics.

More at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/generalpsychiatry/89381?fbclid=IwAR0FY44h2fN6Y3DYu7UEvvq2Wa6D4qdHvpuIM0Lz-W6rm8FmiLS57dLR_Nk

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