Mental Health for South Asia

Mental Health for South Asia is an undergraduate organization that aims to help spread awareness for mental health in South Asian communities while decreasing the stigma around it. Although many western societies are moving towards a status quo in which normalizing liberal social issues is standard, marginalized cultural groups, such as South Asian communities, continue to suffer the negative implications of existing stereotypes and prejudice associated with mental health. Due to this lack of empathy and complete disregard for mental health as a concept, many South Asian households have grown insensitive to the topic of mental health, alienating youth within their own households while potentially further deteriorating their mental stabilities and well-being. Thus, MHSA aims to start a healthy yet educational conversation within the South Asian community that allows individuals affected by the lack of concern for mental health to voice their opinions, be heard, and be supported.