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About the Story

Healing the Whole Family (HTWF) is a graphic novel about intergenerational trauma and mental health in an Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) family. It is based off of Grace Chiang's New York Times autobiographical essay of the same title. It is a project sponsored by Yale Compassionate Home, Action Together (CHATogether) and a collaboration among Nealie Ngo MD MPH, Grace Chiang, and Dr. Eunice Yuen, MD PhD (Authors).

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The graphic novel describes one girl's struggle with her mental health in the context of her family which, in the beginning, does not acknowledge mental health or illness. The story follows her as she struggles to understand her family's dynamics and how intergenerational trauma within her family plays a large role. 

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