AsAM News - Skits help break silence on mental health and suicide

10-8-2025

*Picture from AsAM News 10-8-2025

AsAM News published an article on Stanford CHIPAO's first performance in Southern California. This was a performance of many firsts.

It was the first performance that included:

• A Mandarin based performance

• An improvised performance per request of the audience

• A Playbill

• Debut performances with actual families acting as the parent and child

• Debut performances of actual teenagers

• An IRB approved study of the performance with a comparison to control conditions

Publication of this article can be found on the following link:

Skits help break silence on mental health and suicide – AsAmNews

Additional information on the event can be found on Hsi Lai Temple's Facebook Page (In Mandarin):

https://www.facebook.com/hsilaitemple/posts/pfbid02Etk8ceKmzBX3ki1zNXgMfKaB6U4G28xTMfaLNs74rWT8byj5EmWQy19tAFdJhoQdl