Chinese newcomers often suffer in silence

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( E! m- Q& B* i6 r! U; |When any immigrant can't use their experience to get equivalent jobs here, they spend years working low-paying jobs. That leads to stress, tension in their families and sometimes alcohol or drug abuse.

7 R7 a7 p4 B0 R"One thing leads to another and it's not what they imagine before they come," she said. In addition, when they move, they lose the support network they had back home. Any of those can trigger mental illness.

9 \. R& }' b" C5 tJim Gurnett, head of the Mennonite Centre for Newcomers, said he lobbied to get more funding for the local, ethnically based outreach program at both the federal and provincial levels.

The former pilot project got good reports when it was independently evaluated after three years, but "everyone said it was someone else's responsibility," he said.

4 _9 Z$ W- T4 B3 N- ~0 l0 IMost of the limited mental-health funding for immigrants now goes to refugees, perhaps because the needs of those suffering post-traumatic stress are so obvious, he said.

John Tuckwell, spokesman for Alberta Health and Wellness, couldn't say why funding wasn't continued, but said the province focuses on services available to all Albertans.

- g; v& N! M: C( W9 W2 {! x  JLai said she hopes to see more funding specifically targeted at immigrants, especially after what happened on the Greyhound bus.
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1 t  C) v8 w& jIt shocked her community and brought a lot of shame. "When people talk, they just say, 'Oh, it's too bad he's Chinese.' "

Now, they are paying attention to mental illness, she said.

* L) W0 X; q$ {+ O1 @8 F# yShe said many don't know there are different mental illnesses -- depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia -- and that they can be treated.

. S- a, H4 p: h"They want to know, but they don't know where to get this knowledge," she said.

* q  T! M5 r8 T2 N; W4 ]"If they don't have the knowledge, the illness is getting worse."
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8 o6 Y4 I; W& q& e2 |" fWhen any immigrant can't use their experience to get equivalent jobs here, they spend years working low-paying jobs. That leads to stress, tension in their families and sometimes alcohol or drug abuse.

% m0 F% y# w" I! I"One thing leads to another and it's not what they imagine before they come," she said. In addition, when they move, they lose the support network they had back home. Any of those can trigger mental illness.
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  Y" Q- x6 b; T+ u+ @+ V  W2 [1 ?Jim Gurnett, head of the Mennonite Centre for Newcomers, said he lobbied to get more funding for the local, ethnically based outreach program at both the federal and provincial levels.
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The former pilot project got good reports when it was independently evaluated after three years, but "everyone said it was someone else's responsibility," he said.

Most of the limited mental-health funding for immigrants now goes to refugees, perhaps because the needs of those suffering post-traumatic stress are so obvious, he said.
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, r% O: s( g: {7 aJohn Tuckwell, spokesman for Alberta Health and Wellness, couldn't say why funding wasn't continued, but said the province focuses on services available to all Albertans.

Lai said she hopes to see more funding specifically targeted at immigrants, especially after what happened on the Greyhound bus.
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It shocked her community and brought a lot of shame. "When people talk, they just say, 'Oh, it's too bad he's Chinese.' "
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Now, they are paying attention to mental illness, she said.
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: g+ m$ z. Q+ G4 FShe said many don't know there are different mental illnesses -- depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia -- and that they can be treated.
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8 x) Q" l* v7 O$ F6 {7 k"They want to know, but they don't know where to get this knowledge," she said.

2 s4 I% D- F7 F"If they don't have the knowledge, the illness is getting worse."

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轩辕无天

谁给翻译一下啊，老杨会发奖金

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常华

终于有人点出了问题的原因了.希望这起杀人案能引起政府对新移民就业问题的重视.

古月照今城

啾啾

that's true!

过儿

所以中国人要团结、友好，互帮互助。建立一个比西人更好的华人为主的主流社会。

老黄瓜

原帖由 过儿 于 2008-8-12 01:44 发表
所以中国人要团结、友好，互帮互助。建立一个比西人更好的华人为主的主流社会。

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