Research Citations

Borenstein, Jeffrey. “Stigma, Prejudice and Discrimination against People with Mental Illness.” Psychiatry.org - Stigma, Prejudice and Discrimination Against People with Mental Illness, August 2020. https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/stigma-and-discrimination.  


Erickson, Christine. “Bible Verses about Justice - Justice in the Bible.” Shared Hope International, October 27, 2021. https://sharedhope.org/2018/06/04/biblical-justice-and-social justice/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CRighteousness%20and%20justice%20are%20the,sets%20the%20standard%20for%20justice.


Gray, Alison J., and Christopher C.H. Cook. “Christianity and Mental Health.” Spirituality and Mental Health Across Cultures, July 2021, 167–82. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198846833.003.0011.


Hart, Brian. “Is China Succeeding at Eradicating Poverty?” ChinaPower Project, May 12, 2021. https://chinapower.csis.org/poverty/.


“History of mental Disorders,” Wikipedia, Last modified November 14, 2023, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_mental_disorders&article_action=watch&_welcomesurveytoken=853hn6gq7b5flnb2e5c0lp88nulqhic6&source=welcomesurvey-originalcontext


Li, David. For China’s Mentally Ill, Finding Work Often Isn’t Worth the Trouble, October 11, 2022. https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1011359.


Li, Haiyan, Qingyu Zhou, Hao Zhu, Peiwu Shi, Qunhong Shen, Zhaoyang Zhang, Zheng Chen, et al. “The Evolution of Mental Health Related Policies in China: A Bibliometric Analysis, 1987–2020.” Frontiers in Public Health 10 (November 24, 2022). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.964248.


Liu, Jin, Hong Ma, Yan-Ling He, Bin Xie, Yi-Feng Xu, Hong-Yu Tang, Ming Li, et al. “Mental Health System in China: History, Recent Service Reform and Future Challenges.” World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), October 10, 2011. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3188776/.


Sugie, Naomi F., Noah D. Zatz, and Dallas Augustine. “Employer Aversion to Criminal Records: An Experimental Study of Mechanisms.” Criminology 58, no. 1 (2019): 5–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9125.12228.


Tracy, Natasha. “The History of Mental Illness.” HealthyPlace, October 23, 2019. https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-illness-overview/the-history-of-mental-illness#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20mental%20illness%20goes%20back%20as%20far%20as,previously%20been%20believed%20to%20be.  


Tu, Jennifer Young, Grace Cai, Pao-Hwa Lin, and Warren Kinghorn. “Responses to Mental Health Issues among Chinese American Christian Communities: Report from Focus Group Conversations.” Mental Health, Religion & Culture 26, no. 7 (December 1, 2023): 689–703. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2023.2256677.


Xu, Ziyan, Nicolas Rüsch, Fangfang Huang, and Markus Kösters. “Challenging Mental Health Related Stigma in China: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. I. Interventions among the General Public.” Psychiatry Research 255 (September 2017): 449–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.01.008.


Yin, Yi, Weijun Zhang, Zhenyu Hu, Fujun Jia, Yafang Li, Huiwen Xu, Shuliang Zhao, Jing Guo, Donghua Tian, and Zhiyong Qu. “Experiences of Stigma and Discrimination among Caregivers of Persons with Schizophrenia in China: A Field Survey.” PLoS ONE 9, no. 9 (September 26, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108527.


Zhang, Zhisong, Kaising Sun, Chonnakarn Jatchavala, John Koh, Yimian Chia, Jessica Bose, Zhimeng Li, et al. “Overview of Stigma against Psychiatric Illnesses and Advancements of Anti-Stigma Activities in Six Asian Societies.” MDPI, December 31, 2019. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/1/280#.  


Jeffries, Shavar. “Young, Black and Male in America.” The New York Times, May 9, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/03/12/young-black-and-male-in-america/black-men-stigma-status-and-expectations

Klein, Daniel N, Roman Kotov, and Sara J Bufferd. “Personality and Depression: Explanatory Models and Review of the Evidence.” Annual review of clinical psychology, 2011. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3518491/

Lin, Tsung-Yi. “Mental Disorders and Psychiatry in Chinese Culture: Characteristic Features and Major Issues.” Chinese Culture and Mental Health, 1985, 369–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-701630-6.50036-8

Liu, Jin, Hong Ma, Yan-Ling He, Bin Xie, Yi-Feng Xu, Hong-Yu Tang, Ming Li, et al. “Mental Health System in China: History, Recent Service Reform and Future Challenges.” World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), October 2011. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3188776/

Parker, Gordon, Gemma Gladstone, and Kuan Tsee Chee. “Depression in the Planet’s Largest Ethnic Group: The Chinese.” American Journal of Psychiatry 158, no. 6 (June 2001): 857–64. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.6.857

Shalala, Dona E. Mental health: Culture, race and ethnicity. Rockville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General, 2001. 

The Holy Bible: New Revised Version.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. “Call to Family, Community, and Participation.” USCCB. Accessed February 16, 2024. https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/call-to-family-community-and-participation

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. “Catholic Social Teaching.” USCCB, 2024. https://www.usccb.org/offices/justice-peace-human-development/catholic-social-teaching

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. “Option for the Poor and Vulnerable.” USCCB, 2024. https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/option-for-the-poor-and-vulnerable

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. “Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching.” USCCB, 2024. https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/seven-themes-of-catholic-social-teaching


Xu, Ziyan, Nicolas Rüsch, Fangfang Huang, and Markus Kösters. “Challenging Mental Health Related Stigma in China: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. I. Interventions among the General Public.” Psychiatry Research 255 (September 2017): 449–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.01.008