Clinical Topics in Cultural Psychiatry
Edited by Rahul Bhattacharya, Sean Cross and Dinesh Bhugra
Cultural factors play a very
important role in the way psychiatric symptoms are presented to
clinicians and how clinicians deal with them. This book offers
practical advice on the topic for the individual mental health
practitioner. It provides an overview of cultural factors in the
causation and management of mental health problems and an
introduction to cultural competency training for healthcare
professionals (now required for all National Health Service staff
by the Department of Health). Topics include:
- Cross-cultural psychiatric
assessment.
- Intellectual disability and
ethnicity.
- Cultural aspects of eating
disorder.
- Black and minority ethnic issues in
forensic psychiatry.
- Treatment of victims of trauma.
- Ethnic and cultural factors in
psychopharmacology.
Practising clinicians and other mental health
professionals will find this introduction extremely useful in
ensuring that clinical teams work together effectively and provide
optimal care for their patients, irrespective of ethnicity, culture
or religion.
Previous versions of 23 of the chapters have
been published in the College’s journal Advances in Psychiatric Treatment. These
have now been extensively updated, plus six chapters have been
newly commissioned for this book.
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Audience:
Of particular relevance for new psychiatric trainees, plus also
of interest to other disciplines such as nurses, psychologists or
occupational therapists.
About the editors:
Rahul Bhattacharya - Psychiatrist at Mile End Hospital,
London.
Sean Cross - Registrar in Liaison Psychiatry
at St Thomas' Hospital, London.
Dinesh Bhugra - (Head of the Section of
Cultural Diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry, London and
President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2008-2011).
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"Overall, this book stands out for
its broad scope; sophisticated approach to the topic of
culture. ...I expect that this book will be of great value and
interest to mental health practitioners across levels of experience
and expertise, especially to those working among culturally diverse
populations."
- American Journal of
Psychiatry
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"This well written, multi-authored book delivers everything that
its title promises, and much more! ...Having a culturally competent
workforce must remain the top priority of all trusts’ chief
executives. ...This book is highly recommended to all professionals
working with refugees, asylum seekers and people from Black and
minority ethnic backgrounds. It will also be of considerable value
to anyone interested in how to incorporate cultural psychiatry
issues into clinical practice."
- British Journal of Psychiatry
Contents
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Part 1: Theoretical and General Issues |
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Globalisation, psychiatry and human rights: new challenges for
the 21st century |
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Migration and mental illness |
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Mental Health of refugees and asylum seekers |
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Racism, racial life events and mental ill health |
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Expressed emotion across cultures |
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Mental illness in Black and Asian ethnic minorities |
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Poverty, social inequality and mental health |
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Part 2: Specific Mental Health Conditions Across
Cultures |
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Schizophrenia in African–Caribbeans: contributing factors |
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Depression in immigrants and ethnic minorities |
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Attempted suicide among South Asian women |
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Mental health of the ageing immigrant population |
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Intellectual disability and ethnicity: achieving cultural
competance |
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Culture and liaison psychiatry |
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Addiction in ethnic minorities |
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Sex and culture |
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Culture in child and adolescent psychiatry |
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Black and minority ethnic issues in forensic psychiatry |
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Cultural perspectives on eating disorders |
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Part 3: Management Issues in the Cultural
Context |
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Cross-cultural psychiatric assessment |
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Clinical management of patients across cultures |
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Ethnic and cultural factors in psychopharmacology |
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Communication with patients from other cultures: the place of
explanatory models |
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Working with patients with religious beliefs |
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Interpreter-mediated psychiatric interviews |
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Treatment of victims of trauma |
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Effective psychotherapy in an ethnically and culturally diverse
society |
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Diversity training for psychiatrists |
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Informing progress towards race equality in mental healthcare:
is routine data collection adequate? |
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Towards social inclusion in mental health? |
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