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More Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders seeking mental health services Mental health professionals we spoke with say they've seen an increase in AAPI community members with anxiety due to the pandemic and anti-Asian racism. Author: Christine Pitawanich Updated: 11:31 PM PDT May 18, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore. — Both the pandemic and increase in anti-Asian racism across the U.S. have been stressful for many Asian Americans. Now more are seeking mental health services.  KGW checked in with three different mental health professionals to get a snapshot of what they’ve...

Harker Heights chamber and city to host awards celebration on May 12 The Harker Heights Chamber of Commerce and the City of Harker Heights will be hosting an awards banquet and celebration on May 12 in Belton. The community is invited to visit the La Rio Mansion, 4501 Dice Grove Road, in Belton, from 6 to 8 p.m. Open seating is $25 per person and reserved tables are $200 for eight seats. New virtual real estate business available in Killeen area Homeowners in Killeen can go to Opendoor.com and determine their eligibility by entering their home address and answering a few questions about their...

One of the earliest stains on the legacy of psychiatry, my medical specialty, dates to the American 1840 census, when the US government first began systematically collecting information on “idiocy” and “insanity.” According to the results, the purported rates of mental illness among free blacks in northern cities were deemed to exceed those among enslaved blacks in the south by an 11-to-one ratio. South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, a notoriously strident defender of slavery, seized upon the results as “proof” that “the African is incapable of self-care and sinks into lunacy...

News News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The Refugee-Led Coalition Creating Collective Care Before the pandemic, refugee-led community-based groups gathered for Cooking Across Generations, an intergenerational storytelling celebration of refugee families who shared memories and rituals of ancestral foods in City Heights, San Diego. Photo by Rucha Chitnis Already facing health and education gaps, refugees in San Diego banded together during the pandemic to define their own challenges and create their o...

Seven Days writes about national tragedies "as they relate to our state and the people who live here," it seems odd that the editor's note in response to Lily Hammerling's letter dismisses her appeal for content digesting the social impacts of highly public hate crimes against BIPOC. Lily is a Vermonter. In listing the numerous recent contributions by BIPOC to the paper, the response fails to address Lily's feedback as both legitimate and reasonable. Our community's healing and unity depend on our ability and willingness to share the burdens of inhumanity and join together to support one an...