Cross-cultural Psychiatry: A Practical Guide (Hodder Arnold Publication) [Paperback]

Dinesh Bhugra (Author), Kamaldeep Bhui (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 28, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0340763795 | ISBN-13: 978-0340763797 | Edition: 1

Within our increasingly diverse society, the needs of patients from other cultures, especially the minority ethnic groups, are being recognized at local and international levels. Recent data, however, indicate that the realities in service delivery do not mirror this. Cross-cultural Psychiatry provides a practical guide for mental health professionals to 1) recognize culture specific differences in presentation within clinical settings; 2) understand differing idioms of stress and distress and accord them appropriate prominence; and 3) thereby improve the delivery of services, their acceptance by individuals, and the overall quality of care. Focusing on clinical skills, and drawing on case studies in actual practice, this invaluable guide shows how best to develop traditional clinical practice for today's cross-cultural client.

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The authors are to be congratulated in managing to condense such a complex and changing subject into a brief guide which I think should be available in the library of every professional and secondary mental health care, and be available as a resource in primary mental health care. -- Primary Care Psychiatry

About the Author

Dinesh Bhugra is at Institute of Psychiatry, London. Kamaldeep Bhui is at Institute of Psychiatry, London.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Hodder Arnold Publishers; 1 edition (June 28, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340763795
• ISBN-13: 978-0340763797
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,922,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars For those not versed, April 9, 2008

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This review is from: Cross-cultural Psychiatry: A Practical Guide (Hodder Arnold Publication) (Paperback)

I think this book is written for those who do not have extensive reading in the social sciences as they are applied to medicine and psychiatry. An MD without social science background might appreciate it, but a medical anthropologist should know most of this material already. Maybe that is the point. I am glad to own it though... it has some good references to other research that makes it helpful as well.