Funding Better Mental Health

Within a culture and community that still encourages the covering up of mental illness, we all know it is critical that more attention be given to the mental health of the Asian American population. We've heard it time and time again, with the statistics about AAs and mental health plastering mainstream news sites and programs. But forget the shock and awe of the numbers, what I've been waiting for is the action that will hopefully lead us to answers and solutions.

And finally a bit of good news, a step, it seems, in the right direction as the University of California Davis has received a five-year, $3.9 million federal grant to create a national center to study the matter. Get the full scoop here.