Overview

In recent years, mental illness has been frequently discussed in relation to radicalization, violence, and terrorism, yet there are few resources that explore the broad range of interconnecting factors that lead to this complex behavioural phenomenon. Terrorism, Violent Radicalization and Mental Health brings together distinct disciplinary and ideological narratives on the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of radicalisation and terrorism today. Across 18 chapters, it assesses a wide range of groups and types of extremism and terrorism from around the world, as well as key topics such as technology, social and international policies, ethics and cultural competency, and the role psychiatrists and mental health professionals play in treatment, management, and prevention.Written and edited by a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals, researchers, and legal experts from around the world, this resource bringing together theoretical and evidence-based perspectives, as well as practical real-life cases and first-person accounts, and suggestions for future interventions.

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Author:   Bhui ,  Bhugra
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9780198845706

ISBN 10:   0198845707
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   04 March 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Section 1: Introducton and Background 1: Kamaldeep Bhui and Dinesh Bhugra: Violent Radicalisation and Terrorism: A societal challenge for all citizens SECTION 2. Political, Social, and Health Perspectives on Causation and Complexity in Terrorism Research 2: Neil Krishan Aggarwal: In defence of Islam: how Islamic State justifies violence 3: Shamila Ahmed: The undeniable reality of the war on terror , radicalisation and sanity 4: Edgar Jones: The reception of broadcast terrorism: Recruitment and selection 5: What attracts people to the English Defence League and who is most vulnerable to recruitmenta 6: Yasmin Ibrahim: The Sharing Economy and Livestreaming of Terror: Co-Production of Terrorism on Social Media 7: Thomas Wenzel, Reem Alksiri, and Anthony F Chen: Terrorism: Group dynamic and interdisciplinary aspects 8: Eke Bont: The psychological impact of involvement in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Troubles : Preliminary evidence of moral injury 9: Donato Favale and Antonio Ventriglio: TERRORISM and RADICALIZATION: social factors: a narrative review 10: Paul Gill, Frank Farnham, and Caitlin Clemmow: Violent Radicalisation & Mental Health's Equifinality and Multifinality SECTION 3. Prevention, Evaluation, and Intervention: new paradigms of research for policy and practice. 11: Myrna Lashley: The relationship between countering violent extremism, police, cultural competence and public health 12: Cécile Rousseau, Christian Savard, Anna Bonnel, Richard Horne, Anousheh Machouf, and Marie-Hélène Rivest: Clinical Intervention to Address Violent Radicalization: the Quebec Model 13: Muhammad Fraser-Rahim and Mohammed Hassan Khalid: Deradicalization and Rehabilitation: A Case Study of Quilliam Foundation s Decade Long Approach in the UK, US and Global 14: Tarek Younis: Counter-Radicalisation, Public Health and Racism: A Case Analysis of Prevent 15: Carl H. D. Steinmetz: A discourse for the prevention of radicalization in the Netherlands: Curbing the Radical inflow 16: Carl H. D. Steinmetz: Tackling radicalisation and terrorism in Dutch mental health institutions: outcomes of a Dutch population survey 17: Lord John Alderdice: Leadership, Conflict, Cooperation 18: Kamaldeep Bhui and Dinesh Bhugra: Extremism, Violence, and Mind: apprehending the super-complex

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Professor Kamaldeep Bhui is Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Hon Professor and former Head of Centre for Psychiatry at Queen Mary University of London, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at East London NHS Foundation Trust; he is former Public Health Lead and now Chair of the Publications Management Board at Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Psychiatry. He Chairs the Public Health England's External Advisory Group for Public Health England's Every Mind Matters campaign. Bhui has a long standing interest in preventing health inequalities in the experience and outcome of mental illnesses, improving health services and public health interventions and developing appropriate health policy. Professor Dinesh Bhugra is Emeritus Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity at King's College, London. He was Dean (Lead Educational Officer) of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2003-2008) and then President of the Royal College (2008-2011). He was Vice-Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges with remit for education for doctors of all grades and specialities. During this period he led on College's campaign for Fair Deal for people with mental illness. He established strategy for public mental health. As President of the BMA (2018-2019) he led on a large survey of mental health and well-being of medical students globally, a campaign for equity between physical and mental health and Medicine's social contract.

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