Mental Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society

Mental Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society by Suman Fernando

A guide on issues around race, culture and mental health service provision. It covers issues around mental health service provision for black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, including refugees and asylum seekers; and critical accounts of how these issues may be confronted, with examples of projects that attempt to do just that.

'This second edition of Suman Fernando's book, now co-edited by Frank Keating, is a must read for those interested in cultural influences on the expression and management of mental distress in diverse societiesAlthough the book is anchored in British experience there are general propositions which should also be taken up for psychiatric practice the world over.' - Kamaldeep Bhui, Professor of Cultural Psychiatry & Epidemiology, Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist East London NHS Foundation Trust.

'This second edition of Suman Fernando's book, now co-edited by Frank Keating, is a must read for those interested in cultural influences on the expression and management of mental distress in diverse societies. Although the book is anchored in British experience there are general propositions which should also be taken up for psychiatric practice the world over.' - Kamaldeep Bhui, Professor of Cultural Psychiatry & Epidemiology, Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist East London NHS Foundation Trust.

Suman Fernando has been a consultant psychiatrist and an academic in the mental health field for over twenty-five years. He is honorary Senior Lecturer at the European Centre for the Study of Migration & Social Care and honorary Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at London Metropolitan University.

Frank Keating is Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care at Royal Holloway University of London where he is Programme Director for the MSc in Social Work. His main research focuses on the inequalities in mental health for African and Caribbean communities in the UK.

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ISBN 13	9780415414876
ISBN 10	0415414873
Title	Mental Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society
Author	Suman Fernando
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2008-08-15
Number of pages	320
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