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Contextual factors for the development of the national Asian American Psychology Training Center
Author(s) -
Wong Herbert Z.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198110)9:4<289::aid-jcop2290090403>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - center (category theory) , ethnic group , mental health , psychology , context (archaeology) , consciousness , asian americans , gender studies , gerontology , medicine , sociology , psychiatry , history , anthropology , chemistry , crystallography , archaeology , neuroscience
The context for the National Asian American Psychology Training Center spans a 20‐year period. The rising of consciousness by ethnic and minority groups began in the 1960s. Asian Americans had been popularly represented as a successful problem‐free group. The development of the Minority Group Mental Health Center did not include Asian Americans. In 1972 the First National Conference on Asian American Mental Health was the occasion for an unexpectedly large gathering and a dramatic expression of concerns to the director of NIMH. Following this, the Asian American Psychological Association was established, and in 1978, the NIMH awarded it a grant for the National Asian American Psychology Training Conference. The conference developed the idea for the training center. In 1979, the training center was established as part of the Richmond Maxi‐Center in San Francisco.