‘How can we work with the things that are already happening?’: Asian mental health and the future

In this video, several key people working in the Asian mental health space in Aotearoa New Zealand – many of them featured in our Asian Mental Health video series – look to the future and consider: where to from here?

This is the final video in our six-part series. Jump straight into our Asian Mental Health YouTube playlist and explore Asian Mental Health on our website.

Why Asian mental health matters in Aotearoa
Many individuals from, and working alongside, Asian diasporas in Aotearoa New Zealand have consistently called for a greater focus on mental health issues. Our Asian Mental Health Project lead Mehwish…
Unravelling threads: introducing our Asian Mental Health project
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week (26 Sep – 2 Oct), researcher and activist Mehwish Mughal and Grace Gassin, Curator Asian New Zealand Histories, proudly launch our new Asian…
Reimagining Asian Mental Health – a reflection
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‘Building trust is important’: community and mental health organisations
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Cultural safety in our mental health system is a collective responsibility
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‘You are not broken; the system is’: understanding different contexts in healing
Sehar Moughal is a psychologist, activist, public speaker, teacher, and doctoral candidate at the University of Auckland. Her professional and research work centres around challenging the status quo and advocating…
The deluge and the ark
By Chris Paulin and Alan Tennyson Recently, a group of researchers in New Zealand suggested that the absence of fossils between 25 and 22 million years ago indicated that the…
Unravelling threads: introducing our Asian Mental Health project
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week (26 Sep – 2 Oct), researcher and activist Mehwish Mughal and Grace Gassin, Curator Asian New Zealand Histories, proudly launch our new Asian…
Why Asian mental health matters in Aotearoa
Many individuals from, and working alongside, Asian diasporas in Aotearoa New Zealand have consistently called for a greater focus on mental health issues. Our Asian Mental Health Project lead Mehwish…