“People in my culture, even my family, wouldn’t have sought mental health treatment, and that’s one of the reasons why I got into the mental health field. I experienced it myself," said Phoutdavone Phimphasone-Brady, a refugee from Laos, who grew up in Kansas. Phimphasone-Brady shared how her firsthand experience with mental health stigma sparked her passion for her work as a clinical psychologist in a recent special edition of the Mind the Brain podcast.
Host Neill Epperson, MD, chair of the Department of Psychiatry, talks with both Phimphasone-Brady, PhD, of the Colorado Center for Women's Behavioral Health and Wellness, and Daniel Savin, MD, director of the Refugee Mental Health Clinic, about their research working with refugees and Phimphasone-Brady’s personal experience in a special edition on refugee mental health and wellness. The three also discuss the unique challenges refugees face, their effects on mental health and the stigma surrounding seeking mental health treatment.
April 23, 2024