Hate crimes and psychiatric emergency department visits among Asian Americans

Mandana Masoumirad, Shutong Huo, Abhery Das and Tim A. Bruckner

Social Science & Medicine, 2025, vol. 365, issue C

Abstract: Hate crimes against Asian American surged in the United States between 2019 and 2020. Those facing COVID-19 discrimination showed heightened psychological distress. We examined whether increased hate crimes against Asian Americans corresponds positively with psychiatric Emergency Department (ED) visits among Asian Americans in California.

Keywords: Hate crimes; Psychiatric emergency department visits; Asian Americans; COVID-19 pandemic; Racial discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117624

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