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Clinical topics in cultural psychiatry

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Publication details: London: RCPSych Publications, 2010Description: 424pISBN:

9781904671824

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NLM classification:

WM 55.

Summary: Cultural factors play a very important role in the way psychiatric symptoms are presented to clinicians and how clinicians deal with them. This book offers practical advice on the topic for the individual mental health practitioner. It provides an overview of cultural factors in the causation and management of mental health problems and an introduction to cultural competency training for healthcare professionals (now required for all National Health Service staff by the Department of Health). Topics include: cross-cultural psychiatric assessment; intellectual disability and ethnicity; cultural aspects of eating disorder; Black and minority ethnic issues in forensic psychiatry; treatment of victims of trauma; and ethnic and cultural factors in psychopharmacology. Practising clinicians and other mental health professionals will find this introduction extremely useful in ensuring that clinical teams work together effectively and provide optimal care for their patients, irrespective of ethnicity, culture or religion.

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Book	Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Library Shelves - LEW	WM 55 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	L03382
Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves	WM 55 CLI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	024318
Book	Whittington Health Library Shelves	WA 305 BHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	07198868

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Cultural factors play a very important role in the way psychiatric symptoms are presented to clinicians and how clinicians deal with them. This book offers practical advice on the topic for the individual mental health practitioner. It provides an overview of cultural factors in the causation and management of mental health problems and an introduction to cultural competency training for healthcare professionals (now required for all National Health Service staff by the Department of Health). Topics include: cross-cultural psychiatric assessment; intellectual disability and ethnicity; cultural aspects of eating disorder; Black and minority ethnic issues in forensic psychiatry; treatment of victims of trauma; and ethnic and cultural factors in psychopharmacology. Practising clinicians and other mental health professionals will find this introduction extremely useful in ensuring that clinical teams work together effectively and provide optimal care for their patients, irrespective of ethnicity, culture or religion.

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