At the Threshold of the Golden Gate: Special Problems of a Neglected Minority

The residents of San Francisco’s Chinatown demonstrate a substantial number of economic & social ills reflecting the history of Chinese-Americans & the orientation of American society towards them. Changes in the immigration laws have presented particularly stressful circumstances for the traditional Chinese-American family. The relationship of such social stresses to the incidence & form of psychopathology, including an unusually high incidence of suicide, is noted.