Mental Health, Race and Culture: Third Edition
Author:   Suman Fernando
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   3rd ed. 2009
ISBN:  

9780230212718


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   29 January 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Suman Fernando
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Edition:   3rd ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9780230212718


ISBN 10:   0230212719
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   29 January 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Introduction  PART 1: THEORY AND TRADITION Race and Culture; Ethnicity and Identity Traditional Approaches to Mental Health Background and Culture of Psychiatry Racism in Psychiatry Changing Discourse in Mental Health Trauma and Post-traumatic Stress; Suffering and Violence PART II: PRACTICE AND INNOVATION Application of Psychiatry: Bias and Imperialism Asian and African 'Therapy' for Mental Health Mental Health in Low and Middle Income Countries Mental Health of Refugees in High Income Countries Prospects for Plurality in Therapies for Mental Health  Mental Health for All

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Comment on second edition: 'Thorough, challenging and essential for today's society & multi-cultural professional interventions in mental health'- Ms Sarah Patrick, School of Health and Community Care, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK


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SUMAN FERNANDO is Visiting Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at London Metropolitan University, UK,and Senior Lecturer atthe European Centre for Migration and Social Care (MASC), University of Kent, UK.He was a consultant psychiatrist for over twenty years in the National Health Service and is involved in non-governmentalorganisations in the UK and abroad. He has written and lectured widely on mental health development.

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