The Bear Counseling Collective
Abstract
South Asian Americans are defined as individuals residing in the U.S. with heritage from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and/or Sri Lanka. Despite the rapid growth of the U.S. South Asian community in recent years, with their population increasing by 40% in 7 years (SAALT, 2019), they are severely underrepresented in the research literature. In fact, this community is often subsumed under the larger umbrella identity of Asian-American despite the uniqueness of South Asian culture from the broader Asian American culture (Farver, Narang, & Bhadha, 2002; Rao, 2006; Das & Kemp, 1997). Drawing from research on the broad Asian American cultural group can sometimes result in misleading interpretations of the South Asian community, such as overgeneralization and failure to examine the unique South Asian American cultural experience. Similarly, the limited research on help-seeking attitudes and mental health stigma in South Asian American men may stifle the potential to understand this group's unique experiences, combat help-seeking stigma and meet this community's mental health needs. In our phenomenological study, we sought to address this gap in research by better understanding South Asian American men's mental health help-seeking experiences.
Recommended Citation
Haribhakti, Pranali and Bryson, Stephen
(2024)
"Help-Seeking Experiences of South Asian American Men: A Phenomenological Exploration,"
The Bear Counseling Collective: Vol. 1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://digscholarship.unco.edu/bcc/vol1/iss1/4