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Caregiver support

Caregiver Support

1% Donated/$99,000 To Go

Caregivers, whether professional or unpaid family members, often experience physical, mental, and emotional strain as a result of their care-taking and suffer...

Teletherapy / Remote Counseling

3% Donated/$96,950 To Go

CJMH offers telephone and video counseling to Japanese-speaking clients outside the Greater Los Angeles area, particularly to caregivers, relief workers and social...

Isolated Seniors

0% Donated/$9,980 To Go

An article published by the NIH National Institute on Aging on April 23, 2019 starts: “Human beings are social creatures. Our connection...

Research

0% Donated/$80,000 To Go

Mental health stigma persists in Japan, so it’s no surprise to learn there is very little research and collected data about Japanese...

Suicide Prevention

8% Donated/$91,462 To Go

Japan has long battled one of the highest suicide rates in the industrialized world. In 2013, its national rate of suicide stood...

General Fund

23% Donated/$154,000 To Go

Our counselors and volunteers are the most visible representatives of CJMH and they are our heart and soul, working directly with the...

End Stigma

6% Donated/$46,939 To Go

A conservative estimate of 1 in 5 people in Japan will experience one form or more of depression in their lifetime. Even...