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Author:   Dinesh Bhugra (Institute of Psychiatry, London) ,  Kamaldeep Bhui
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   1.430kg
ISBN:  

9781316628508

ISBN 10:   1316628507
Pages:   680
Publication Date:   05 April 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I. Theoretical Background: 1. Cultural psychiatry in historical perspective; 2. Anthropology and psychiatry: a contemporary convergence for global mental health; 3. Suicide, violence and culture; 4. Psychology and cultural psychiatry; 5. Spirituality and cultural psychiatry; 6. Lifestyle medicine in psychiatry; 7. Globalisation; 8. Social media; 9. Telepsychiatry; 10. Ethnic inequalities and cultural capability framework in mental healthcare; Part II. Culture and Mental Health: 11. Psychopathology and the role of culture: an overview; 12. Developmental aspects of cultural psychiatry; 13. Explanatory models in psychiatry; 14. Culture-bound syndromes: past, current status and future; 15. Psychiatric epidemiology and its contributions to cultural psychiatry; 16. Acculturation and identity; 17. Cultural consonance; Part III. Culture and Mental Disorders: 18. Neurotic disorders: anxiety and fear related, dissociative and bodily distress disorders; 19. Schizophrenia and related psychoses; 20. Affective disorders: coloured by culture – why the pigment of depression is more than skin deep; 21. Substance misuse; 22. Culture and mental disorders: suicidal behaviour; 23. Personality disorders and culture; 24. Culture and obsessive-compulsive disorder; 25. Culture and eating disorders; 26. Childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders; 27. Culture and schizophrenia; 28. Disorders of ageing across culture; Part IV. Theoretical Aspects of Management: 29. Traumascape: an ecological-cultural-historical model for extreme stress; 30. Sexual dysfunction across cultures; 31. Therapist-patient interactions and expectations; 32. Developing effective mental health services for multi-cultural societies; 33. Cross-cultural psychopharmarcotherapy; 34. Psychotherapy across cultures; 35. Psychological interventions; 36. Spiritual aspects of management; 37. Cultural aspects of suicide; Part V. Management with Special Groups: 38. Intellectual disabilities across cultures; 39. Child psychiatry across cultures; 40. Management of sexual dysfunction; 41. Transgenderism: cross cultural perspectives; 42. Refugee mental health: a wicked problem for the world to solve; 43. Working with elderly persons across cultures; 44. Working in liaison psychiatry; Part VI. Cultural Research and Training: 45. Psychiatric conditions embody distinct evolutionary and cultural signatures when compared with general medical conditions; 46. Globalization, social stressors and psychiatry; 47. Cultural psychiatry: past, present and future.

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Dinesh Bhugra is the Emeritus Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London, and the President of the World Psychiatric Association from 2014 to 2017. He became President-Elect of the British Medical Association in 2017. Kamaldeep Bhui is Professor of Cultural Psychiatry and Epidemiology and Head at the Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London; Hon. Consultant Psychiatrist, East London Foundation Trust. He is a Trustee at Careif, an international mental charity.

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