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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| 1 |
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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