Product Description: Psychiatry in Practice: Education, Experience, and Expertise provides detailed advice and useful tips for early career psychiatrists, and all others who wish to enhance their practical psychiatry skills.Each chapter is written by prominent early career psychiatrists from around the world, offering relevant and timely advice to those who are newly qualified, as well as a global perspective on the practical issues faced today...read more

Product Description: This is the first book to investigate how mental illness is portrayed in Hindi cinema.  It 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...read more

Product Description: Attempted suicide is a matter of serious public health concern. Culture and Self-Harm considers the factors that may contribute to this increased rate of self-harm and suicide among south Asians in London, which cannot be blamed on migration alone...read more

Product Description: Troublesome Disguises examines psychiatric conditions which are not necessarily uncommon, rare or exotic but are challenging for the clinician who may struggle to reach a diagnosis and to set up management strategies.However, with familiarity, these conditions can and should be recognised...read more

Product Description: The first book devoted to a challenging disorder that affectsmillions of people around the world.  Essential reading forall psychiatrists who manage these patients.

Product Description: The development of the internet has brought about a seachange in the traditional doctor-patient relationship. No longer is the patient entirely at the mercy of their doctor to tell them about their problems. Via the internet they can now access vast repositories of information, about even the most obscure disorder - not all of it accurate, not all of it safe...read more

Product Description: Thoughout the world the number of refugees and asylum seekers continues to increase at an astonishing rate. Given that most will have left their country due to persecution, war, or appalling violations of their human rights, many will have specific mental health needs...read more

Product Description: Social psychiatry is concerned with the effects of the social environment on the mental health of the individual, and with the effects of the person with a mental disorder on his/her social environment. The field encompasses social interventions, prevention and the promotion of mental health...read more

As homelessness becomes an increasingly serious issue, the mental health of homeless people is beginning to appear on the agendas of politicians and policy makers, as well as health care workers. In contrast to the popular "Skid Row" stereotype that the word "homeless" tends to trigger, many are in fact families and young single people. The health needs of these different kinds of people are, of course, varied. This volume brings together the experiences of mental health teams from around the world in addressing the problems of mental illness in the homeless. The difficulties in assessment and treatment are discussed at length with an emphasis on the application of existing knowledge in health care. By addressing social policy implications and clinical management as well as providing models and definitions of homelessness in different cultures, this book will offer practical support for all those who work with the homeless.

A guide for psychiatry trainees. It covers the substantial differences in clinical practice and skills required compared with other medical specialties. It is divided into four parts: putting psychiatry in context; management; personal skills; and career pathways.

Product Description: Culture and Mental Health: A Comprehensive Textbook is an authoritative text bringing together experts from around the world to discuss the provision of mental-health services within multicultural societies and what this means in clinical and practical terms...read more

Product Description: This book outlines the workplace-based assessments that are required by the current competency-based psychiatry curriculum. -Second edition has been updated, taking into account the 4 years practical experience gained since these assessments began...read more

Product Description: This handbook presents a culture-specific and culturally appropriate perspective to psychiatry in South Asian countries. Though trained in the western tradition, the contributors include practising psychiatrists and teachers of reputed institutes from across the region...read more

The argument of this book is that the divide between psychiatry and religion is an artificial one and that there is much room for understanding the same phenomena from different perspectives. In it thirteen senior mental health professionals and pastoral workers come together to explore what their different philosophies have to offer each other for the benefit of the individuals in their care. The book as a whole: * sets the relationship between psychiatry and religion in historical context * provides detailed information about specific religions and the significance of their belief systems for mental health management * examines the relationship between psychopathology, psychiatry and religion.

Product Description: A practical guide to managing the mental health care of patients from different cultures.Within our increasingly multi-cultural society, the needs of patients from other cultures, especially the minority ethnic groups, are being recognized at local and national levels...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book examines the impact of colonialism on mental health in different parts of the world, including India, Australia, parts of Africa, Lithuania, Wales, and Ireland. It also illuminates the social, political, and economic factors that affect the development and delivery of mental health services in these regions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Several psychiatric disorders remain underdiagnosed in routine clinical practice. This is either because their presentations are fairly atypical and difficult to diagnose and classify, or simply because their rarity makes diagnosis and management problematic...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The introduction of clinical components into the MRCPsych Part I and of case vignettes into MRCPsych Part II has altered the focus of the exam. Consequently, trainees in psychiatry need to develop skills in presenting case histories and in answering relevant questions on psychopathology and patient management...read more

Product Description: This book aims to help trainees to prepare for the SAQ section of the MRCPsych II examination of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The book is not only a rehearsal for the examination but should also helps senior medical students and other professionals with information, preparation and revision...read more