Psychological Impact of Anti-Asian Stigma Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call for Research, Practice, and Policy Responses

Supriya Misra; Phuong Thao D. Le; Emily Goldmann; Lawrence H. Yang

doi:10.1037/tra0000821

Psychological Impact of Anti-Asian Stigma Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call for Research, Practice, and Policy Responses

Supriya Misra, Phuong Thao D. Le, Emily Goldmann, Lawrence H. Yang

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is linked to a rise in stigma and discrimination against Chinese and other Asians, which is likely to have a negative impact on mental health, especially when combined with additional outbreak-related stressors. We discuss the need to consider the potential harms of these anti-Asian sentiments during both the height of the pandemic and longer-term recovery through (a) research-examining how it affects mental health and recovery; (b) practice-implementing evidence-based stigma reduction initiatives; and (c) policy-coordinating federal response to anti-Asian racism including investment in mental health services and community-based efforts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

Original language	English (US)
Number of pages	4
Journal	Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
Volume	12
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000821
State	Accepted/In press - 2020

Keywords

Asian
COVID-19
Discrimination
Pandemic
Stigma
Coronavirus Infections
Pandemics
Evidence-Based Practice
Psychological Trauma/therapy
Humans
Culturally Competent Care
Mental Health Services
Biomedical Research
Pneumonia, Viral
Social Stigma
Asian Americans
Health Policy
Emigrants and Immigrants
Racism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Clinical Psychology
Social Psychology

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