Mental Health Speaker Series: The Happiness Cocktail and Other Practices for Wellbeing

Did you know that AAPI Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month both fall in May? In anticipation of this time of celebrating AAPI contributions and recognizing the importance of mental health, LACAAEA has partnered up with the LA County Department of Mental Health to bring you the first event of the Mental Health Speaker Series, titled The Happiness Cocktail and Other Practices for Well-being.

Our speaker, Dr. Derek K Hsieh, is the Mental Health Clinical Program Head of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Long Beach Asian Pacific Islander Family Mental Health Center. In addition to serving the API communities, for many years he managed the Psychiatric Mobile Response Teams (PMRT) in Los Angeles County that respond to mental health crises in the community, and provided consultation and assistance to law enforcement agencies in crisis negotiation with barricaded suspects and hostage situations in Los Angeles County.

Cost: Free

Virtual event: Zoom