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Safety and mental health issues in chinese young international students: A Canadian case study
Lyren Chiu
Langara College, Canada
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hina has the largest number of international students in the world, which accounted for 25% of all international students.
Canada is one of the four major countries where Chinese parents would send their children. According to China Counsel
General, the number of Chinese overseas students in BC attained 50,000 in 2017. With the increased number of Chinese
overseas students, many have involved in incidents. More than 31 oversea deaths around the world occurred in the last two
years. Among them, Yu was announced that he died by suicide in 2017. Safety became a salient issue among Chinese young
overseas students. The purpose of this study is to investigate 17-year-old student Yu Lin Hai case and discuss issues of mental
health and safety in young overseas students.
Methods:
A case study design was used. Seven interviews and field observation was conducted. Newspaper reports were
collected. The case will be presented.
Discussion:
It involves potential psycho-socio-cultural influencers.
Findings:
Is Yu case a suicide or a murder? Recommendations for oversea young students include oversea preparation, safety
education, cultural adaptation, rapid response to incidence, after crisis interventions and support from government and
community.
Biography
Dr Lyren Chiu is an educator, researcher, mental health clinician, and community advocate. Dr Chiu’s program of research focuses on immigrant health, traditional
medicine, and integrative service, with its emphasis on cancer and mental health care. Dr Chiu has investigated concepts of spirituality, spiritual resources, spiritual
choice, methodology (investigating spirituality), transcendence, the meaning of life, TCM practice in BC, use of CAM, an integrative healthcare service (ethnograph-
ic study), and others. As a consequence, she has published numerous articles in these areas. Dr Chiu has founded and actively participated in several not-for-profit
organizations, community services, social enterprises, and political campaigns. Dr Chiu was recognized as both a “visionary” by Vancouver Women’s Magazine in
2009 and a “change agent” by the Diasporas Project led by SFU in 2012 for her work in educating Canadian society about the values and practices of integrated
healing. Dr Chiu recently has involved in the psychology of murder investigations.
lyren.chiu@gmail.comLyren Chiu, IJEMHHR 2018, Volume: 20
DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821-C3-017