Dinesh Bhugra
Psychiatry and religion: Context, consensus and controversies
This text argues that the divide between psychiatry and religion is artificial, and that there is much room for understanding the same phenomena from different perspectives. It also examines what the... (more)
Culture and Self-Harm - Attempted Suicide in South Asians in London:
Culture and Self-Harm considers the factors that attribute to the increased rate of self-harm and suicide among south Asians in London. It offers a new preventative strategy that will be of great... (more)
Mad Tales from Bollywood
This book examines attitudes towards mental illness in Indian culture, how they are reflected in Hindi films, and how culture has influenced the portrayal of the psychoses. It is of interest to... (more)
My Therapy
An unflinching account of her years spent undergoing psychodynamic therapy. Working with her therapist, she recalls key incidents from her life history and gradually comes to attain greater insight... (more)
The Myth of Addiction
This work argues that current attitudes towards drug misuse are inaccurate and harmful. It examines how addictive behaviour may be a form of learned helplessness, not an effect caused by narcotic... (more)
Oxford Textbook of Migrant Psychiatry
Migrant psychiatry is an evolving subdiscipline within cultural psychiatry that deals with the impact of migration on the mental health of those who have migrated and those who work with these groups... (more)