Between Two Homelands: The Mental Health Burden and Strength of South Asian Immigrants

• By: Vishwani Sahai-Siddiqui, MD Mental Health Advocate, Medical & Regulatory Writer
• March 16th, 2026
• acculturative stress, cultural identity, emotional suppression, immigrant mental health, model minority myth, resilience, social isolation, South Asian immigrants
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My father is fluent in English. He has two master’s degrees and a law degree from India. He can debate policy, analyze contracts, rattle off political science, and write with precision. But when he came to America in the early 1980s, he learned that fluency was not the same thing as...

The Burden of Being the “Good Child”: How South Asian Kids Suppress Mental Health Struggles

• By: Vishwani Sahai-Siddiqui, MD The Cognitive Quill
• March 3rd, 2025
• academic pressure, anxiety, children, cultural identity, depression, emotional suppression, family, immigrant families, mental health, parenting style, South Asian, stigma
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In many South Asian immigrant families, the eldest child is often expected to set an example for younger siblings, excel academically, and fulfill responsibilities that extend beyond their years. These expectations are heightened by the struggles their parents face as immigrants, navigating a new...