Dinesh Bhugra

The needs of patients from other cultures, especially the minority ethnic groups, are now being recognised. This book presents the background to differences in lifestyle and belief systems, and their implications for diagnosis and treatment.

This text presents previously untold narratives of South Asian psychiatrists in the UK and provides insight into the significance of cultural identity, migration and marginalisation on their lives and work. The development of cultural psychiatry arose to meet the needs of multiethnic populations. A hitherto overlooked area in the field is the impact of white privilege on psychiatrists from ethnic minority backgrounds. Through the lived experience...

This text brings together a wealth of knowledge on cross-cultural psychiatry and offers theoretical and practical perspectives on psychiatry in multi-racial Britain.

This book brings together experts from around the world in addressing mental illness in the homeless. The difficulties of assessment and service delivery are discussed with an emphasis on applying existing knowledge in health care.

Provides a broad overview of current thinking in the field of social psychiatry. Coverage is wide-ranging and includes research, the role of voluntary groups, and contemporary social factors such as AIDS, unemployment and homelessness.