duress for American adolescents, as they are socialized into the host culture while still expected to maintain their parents’ heritage. Mental Health Among Older Adult Asian Americans In 2003, the Asian American Federation of New York presented a research study in which demonstrated that there are health disparities in mental health problems among older Asian Americans. It presented that the suicide rate among Asian Americans 65 years and older is double than other older ethnic groups. Additionally, the estimated older Asian American in USA in 2018 is 4.5% of 65 years and over. Asian Americans are experiencing higher rate of Depression comparing with the general elderly population in USA and one of the leading causes of death in USA for older Asian Americans are suicide. The study also depicted that having numbers of depressive symptoms among older Asian Americans or their mental healths are significantly associated with their general physical health, physical and social functioning and vitality. It is recommended by the study that our community should meet older Asian Americans’ needs of culturally and linguistically proper Social services and mental health agencies Drug use Asian Americans generally have low rates of substance use, but contain disparities when disaggregated into ethnic groups, gender, and the type of drug used. Compared to other ethnic groups, research finds that Japanese and mixed-race Asian Americans have increased likelihoods of drug consumption while prescription drug abuse risk is high for Filipino Americans. Gender provides a variation in risk as well. Chinese and Vietnamese females, compared to their male counterparts, have higher probability of alcohol addiction. Asian American college-aged women who have depression are found to have positive correlation with drug and alcohol consumption. Although Asian American youth substance abuse rates have increased over the years, there has not been much research conducted on this. Self-esteem Self-esteem, consisting of self-evaluations and judgments of one's value or self-worth, plays a significant part in Asian Americans’ psychological well-being. A number of studies have revealed that Asian Americans are suffering from lower self-esteem and higher levels of depression relative to other racial/ethnic groups. The problem of low self-esteem is more prevalent among first generation immigrants and the U.S.-born Asian Americans with immigrant parents. Low self-esteem can lead to a number of negative outcomes. For example, Zhou and Bankston's (2002) research on the connection between the academic performance and self-esteem of Asian American students indicates that self-esteem is negatively