It is reported that the Chinese in North America's fastest-growing ethnic population, more and more psychologists begin to pay attention to the growth of Chinese children's mental health problems. Research Chinese adolescent mental health Experts have said that the Chinese children's mental health problems has been to conceal the appearance of excellence in academic performance, but with ethnic Chinese population, Chinese immigrants and family study of the psychological task is even more important.

the American Psychological Association 6 issue of "Journal of Family Psychology" (Journal of Family Psychology) special issue, 15 papers in six Chinese immigrant families is to examine the psychological report with their children. Special Issue Editor, University of New York, San Francisco (Saint Francis College) Director of the Institute of Cross-Cultural Psychology gillen (Uwe Gielen) said that with the sharp increase in Chinese population study of Chinese immigrant families and children of Chinese mental health issues, more and more important . He said: "Chinese are the psychological problems of adolescents to cover up the outstanding academic performance has not been enough attention."

gillen believe that psychologists study the problem of migrants who have begun to examine the Chinese New the issue of immigrant families. He believes that this special issue is discussed from different angles Chinese example of adolescent mental health.

City University of New York psychology professor at Manhattan Community College Thunder (Ting Lei) said that Chinese children of new immigrants in the United States to bear a lot of psychological pressure, in dealing with very high expectations from parents than their own There are cultural, linguistic and environmental adaptation, not only the parents may not be able to help many more children of new immigrants but also for parents and families to bear the burden of language (language brokerage), on behalf of parents for translation, to negotiate the rent, medical treatment, to apply for welfare economic problems, in the process, children are forced to move to the beginning of the financial burden of family pressure, in the translation at the same time, these families began to quietly pressure the pressure of the child mind, resulting in a number of Chinese women's feelings of anxiety and even signs of depression.

He pointed out that the study has also shown that new immigrants of Chinese adolescents is higher than the rate of depression in other groups, children often do not see the obvious day-to-day performance, but in fact their problem is psychological pressure at the bottom will emerge in other ways.

psychology professor at the University of California, San Francisco, 100 Chuang-liang (Linda Juang) said that the California Bay Area high school teachers in general psychological reactions of American students with depression and anxiety to more serious issues. She pointed out that the study also showed that Chinese young people than any other age groups were more inclined to melancholy.

Gillen pointed out that, in the past a number of reports indicate that East Asians than other ethnic groups of young people a sense of inferiority is more obvious in high school or university students that they have been discriminated against or harassment of ethnic groups, the percentage of Chinese students the highest. Gillen, and thunder that the Chinese begin to pay attention to area youth organizations in recent years, mental health, this is a welcome development, but existing research and guidance that they can not meet the actual demand. They called on Chinese parents concerned about their children's psychological development, but also called for more channels to ease the psychological pressure on them.