Cultural psychiatry is concerned with understanding the impact of social and cultural differences and similarities on mental illness and its treatments. This book integrates both theoretical and practical knowledge, and describes a framework for the provision of mental healthcare in a multi-cultural/multi-racial society and global economy. Contents Foreword Pedro Ruiz Part I. Theoretical Background: 1. Cultural psychiatry in historical perspective Laurence J. Kirmayer 2. Anthropology and psychiatry: the contemporary convergence Janis H. Jenkins 3. Suicide, violence and culture Michel Tousignant and Arlene Laliberté 4. Psychology and cultural psychiatry Malcolm MacLachlan 5. Spirituality and cultural psychiatry Kate M Loewenthal 6. Culture, ethnicity and biological psychiatry Chia-Hui Chen, Shi-Kai Liu and Keh-Ming Lin 7. Ethnic inequalities and cultural capability framework in mental health care Kamaldeep Bhui and Dinesh Bhugra Part II. Culture and Mental Health: 8. Culture and psychopathology Wen-Shing Tseng 9. Developmental aspects of cultural psychiatry Joseph Westermeyer 10. Explanatory models in psychiatry Daryl Somma and Mitchell G. Weiss 11. Culture bound syndromes Sisira Siribaddana, Athula Sumathipala and Dinesh Bhugra 12. Psychiatric epidemiology and its contributions to cultural psychiatry Robert Kohn and Kamaldeep Bhui 13. Acculturation and identity John W. Berry 14. Cultural consonance William W. Dressler Part III. Culture and Mental Disorders: 15. Neurosis Geetha Desai and Santosh K. Chaturvedi 16. Schizophrenia and related psychosis Assen Jablensky 17. Affective disorders Claudia Cooper and Paul Bebbington 18. Substance misuse Susan Salas, John Strang and Shamil Wanigaratne 19. Suicidal Behaviour Keith Hawton and Sarah A. Fortune 20. Personality disorders and culture Matthieu Crews, Paul Moran and Dinesh Bhugra 21. Culture and obsessive-compulsive disorder Padmal de Silva and Dinesh Bhugra 22. Culture and eating disorders Mervat Nasser 23. Childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders Nisha Dogra, Panos Vostanis and Niranjan Karnik 24. Culture and schizophrenia Thomas Stompe and Alexander Friedmann 25. Disorders of aging across cultures Sheena MacKenzie and Ajit Shah Part IV. Theoretical Aspects of Management: 26. An ecological-cultural-historical model for extreme stress: a 'Traumascape' Joop de Jong 27. Sexual dysfunction across culture Padmal de Silva and Dinesh Bhugra 28. Therapist-patient interactions and expectations Digby Tantam 29. Developing Mental Health Services for multicultural societies Harry Minas 30. Psychopharmacology across cultures Shu-Han Yu, Shi-Kai Liu and Keh-Ming Lin 31. Psychotherapy across cultures Digby Tantam 32. Psychological interventions and assessments Shahe Kazarian 33. Spiritual aspects of management Andrew Sims 34. Cultural aspects of suicide Gwendolyn Portzky and Kees van Heeringen Part V. Management with Special Groups: 35. Intellectual disabilities across cultures Nick Bouras and Jean O'Hara 36. Child psychiatry across cultures Nisha Dogra, Panos Vostanis and Niranjan Karnik 37. Management of sexual dysfunction across cultures Padmal de Silva and Dinesh Bhugra 38. Refugees and Mental Health Nasir Warfa and Kamaldeep Bhui 39. Working with elderly persons across cultures Iqbal Ahmed and Carl I. Cohen 40. Working in liaison psychiatry Jaideep Thoduguli and Santosh K. Chaturvedi Part VI. Cultural Research and Training: 41. Scope of cultural psychiatry Horacio Fabrega Jr 42. Coping with stressors: racism and migration Larkin Feeney and Brendan D. Kelly Conclusions Dinesh Bhugra and Kamaldeep Bhui. Contributors: Pedro Ruiz, Laurence J. Kirmayer, Janis H. Jenkins, Michel Tousignant, Arlene Laliberté, Malcolm MacLachlan, Kate M. Loewenthal, Chia-Hui Chen, Shi-Kai Liu, Keh-Ming Lin, Kamaldeep Bhui, Dinesh Bhugra, Wen-Shing Tseng, Joseph Westermeyer, Daryl Somma, Mitchell G. Weiss, Sisira Siribaddana, Athula Sumathipala, John W. Berry, William W. Dressler, Geetha Desai, Santosh K. Chaturvedi, Assen Jablensky, Claudia Cooper, Paul Bebbington, Susan Salas, John Strang, Shamil Wanigaratne, Keith Hawton, Sarah A. Fortune, Matthieu Crews, Paul Moran, Padmal de Silva, Mervat Nasser, Nisha Dogra, Panos Vostanis, Niranjan Karnik, Thomas Stompe, Alexander Friedmann, Sheena MacKenzie, Ajit Shah, Joop de Jong, Digby Tantam, Harry Minas, Shu-Han Yu, Keh-Ming Lin, Shahe Kazarian, Andrew Sims, Gwendolyn Portzky, Kees van Heeringen, Nick Bouras, Jean O'Hara, Iqbal Ahmed, Carl I. Cohen, Jaideep Thoduguli, Horacio Fabrega Jr., Larkin Feeney, Brendan D. Kelly |