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Tag: Mental Health

India Home’s Dr. Vasundhara Kalasapudi speaks on two panels on mental health and aging

November 1, 2017
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| Categories: Advocacy, aging, community, immigrant seniors, Leadership, mental health, Uncategorized

Talk on Dementia Care at Asian American Community Development Conference “I never thought when I studied to become a geriatric psychiatrist, I would have to diagnose my own father.” Dr. Vasaundhara Kalasapudi said. The sentence was the emotional opening to her presentation at the popular “EqualiTalks” at  “Achieving Equality for All” Community Development conference organized by Asian Americans for…

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India Home’s Executive Director speaks at ThriveNYC Forum

October 4, 2016
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| Categories: Advocacy, Council Members, Elected officials, Health Education, immigrant seniors, mental health

It is a well known fact that among South Asians and other Asian American groups mental health issues are regarded as taboo. “Emotional problems” like depression, bi-polar disorder, debilitating anxiety and so on are seen as embarrassing and go underreported, undiagnosed and untreated. Yet, 40% of Asian American elders report symptoms of depression that range from mild to severe….

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