COUNSELING ORIENTATION FORM Asian American Aa Hc

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foreign population in the U.S is comprised of people having origins in the far east Southeast Asia or the Indian subcontinent ing to the 2015 census there are 17.3 million Asian Americans living in the United States they account for 5.4 percent of the nation's population and have mainly a bicoastal distribution it's one of the fastest growing minority groups as immigrants Asian Americans like anyone else experience emotional and behavioral problems they tend to under use Services unless they are culturally and linguistically compatible be aware that this group encompasses a tremendous heterogeneity in language culture religious Traditions dietary practices and immigration history Asians differ from their Western counterparts in their view of self the mind-body interface and their approach to mental health care and in their response to psychotropic medications language fluency varies among Asian American groups so does educational attainment economic status varies as well among Asian po