AAPI Mental Health Zine Resource List
Thanks for checking out our living resource list to accompany printed versions of our AAPI Mental Health Zine, "come eat fruit". The zine and this resource list was created by Cut Fruit Collective and is for the AAPI community to be used as a resource for our community to reconnect, heal, and grow.
Disclaimer: The zine and resource list was created to be an educational resource and a tool for self-reflection. It is not medical advice or therapy. We encourage you to continue reflecting on topics of AAPI mental health with friends, family, community members, or mental health professionals. Last updated June 26 2023.
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Resource List
Therapist Directories
- Inclusive Therapists
- Asians for Mental Health
- Therapy for Queer People of Color
- National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network
- National Deaf Therapy
- Open Path Collective
- South Asian Therapists
- Asian Mental Health Collective
- Ayana Therapy
Crisis Lines
- Lines for Life
- NAMI HelpLine
- Call BlackLine
- Trans Lifeline
- Trevor Hotline
- Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-7233
- Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN): (800) 656- 4673
- Veterans Crisis Line: (800) 273-8255
- National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline: (800) 656-4673
- Alcoholism & Drug Dependency Hope Line: (800) 622-2255
Peer Support
- Project LETS
- Asian Mental Health Project
- Fireweed Collective
- FEDUP Collective
- Schuyler Bailar
- Viet-Care
- A Safe Haven for Asians and Asian Americans
- Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line
- Search to Involve Filipino Americans Mental Health Services
Education
- Asian Americans with Disabilities Initiative
- Love is Respect
- Disability Visibility Project
- Unplug
- AAPI Women Lead
- Blasian March
- Healing Out Lao’d
- Kānaka Autonomy
- NAMI
Local Orgs
- Asian Health Services
- San Mateo Filipino Mental Health Initiative
- Filipino Mental Health Initiative of San Francisco
Additional Resources
- Books
- Apps
- Podcasts
- Misc
Links within Zine Articles
What is Mental Health? (page 4)
- National Alliance on Mental Health: Asian American and Pacific Islander Identity
- Destigmatizing Mental Health in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
- CDC: Leading causes of death
Boundaries in AAPI Families (page 10)
History of the Asian Tiger Mom (page 15)
- Tiger Mothers: Raising Children The Chinese Way
- Tiger Parents: Do You Want to Be One?
- Tiger Moms and the Model Minority Myth
- Why We Hate (& Love) The Tiger Mom
- Tiger Parents: Definition & Impact on Mental Health
- The inadequacy of the term “Asian American”
- The model minority and the perpetual foreigner: Stereotypes of Asian Americans.
- Are all Asian-heritage parents "Tiger Parents"?
- 'Tiger moms' vs. Western-style mothers? Stanford researchers find different but equally effective styles
Generational Trauma + Strength (page 19)
Self Care and Community Care (page 24)
- The essentiality of anti-capitalist self-care
- What Is Self-Care, and Why Is It So Important for Your Health?
- Is it Self-Care, or is it Capitalism?
- 6 Hawaiian Traditions You Should Try for Self Care
- Media exposure to mass violence events can fuel a cycle of distress
- You Don’t Need to Post About Every Tragedy
- From “Isang Bagsak” to #FilipinxForBlackLives, the Filipino Identity Has Always Been Political
Cultural Roots of Mindfulness (page 28)
Understanding Ableism and Disability (page 32)
Unpacking Food Relationships (page 32)
Food History to Understand AAPI Identity (page 46)
- The term ‘Asian American’ has a radical history
- Tweets by Terisa Siagatonu on AAPI Identity
- Spam
- What is SPAM?
- Spam Is 'Trendy' Now Thanks to Decades of American Imperialism
- This Is How Spam Is Really Made
- How is Spam made
- The Experiment Podcast: Uncle SPAM
- A Brief History of Spam, an American Meat Icon
- The Real Reason Spam Is A Popular Gift In South Korea
- A Colonizer's Diet
- What is Food Sovereignty
- Lasting effects of canned foods introduced during Guam's liberation
- In Korea, Spam Isn't Junk Meat — It's A Treat
- Banana
Where Are You Really From (page 51)
- What’s Wrong with Asking “Where Are You From?”
- The First Asian Americans
- Who Is a Settler, According to Indigenous and Black Scholars
- Identifying as an adoptee and an immigrant
- European Immigrants in the United States
Understanding Settler Colonialism (page 32)
Collective Trauma and Healing (page 62)
- Two Years and Thousands of Voices, What Community-Generated Data Tells us About Anti-AAPI Hate
- Millions are victims of hate crimes, though many never report them
- How Collective Trauma Impacts Your Health
- Living with Discrimination Can Take a Toll on Health
- The Little Understood Mental-Health Effects of Racial Trauma
- Supporting Mutual Aid Efforts With & Without $$
Getting Mental Health Care (page 66)