👋Hello and welcome to the very first episode of the Asian Mental Health podcast!

This is an introductory episode to help you get to know your hosts, Asami, Marcus and Oscar from Shapes and Sounds; the leading voice for Asian mental health in Australia.

Throughout this episode, you’ll get to know who we are and what brings us to working in mental health.

You'll learn about:

• The difference between the terms, mental health and mental illness and how these terms aren't interchangeable

  
  



• The broad and diverse continent that is, “Asia” and how Asians are the global majority

  
  



• What culturally-responsive mental health is and why it’s important to people of Asian identities

  
  



• How psychology is a Western framework and what that means for mental health research and practice

  
  

You can read the transcript here.

As we’re brand new, we’d love for you to help us in three ways:

• Download this episode so you can refer back to it when you need!

  
  



• Join us in our mission of destigmatising mental health conversations in Asian communities by sharing this episode with your friends and family

  
  



• Connect with us on instagram @justshapesandsounds

  
  

🌱You can learn more about Shapes and Sounds at our website: justshapesandsounds.com