Mental Health, Race and Culture

SUMAN FERNANDO is Visiting Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at London Metropolitan University, UK,and Senior Lecturer atthe European Centre for Migration and Social Care (MASC), University of Kent, UK.He was a consultant psychiatrist for over twenty years in the National Health Service and is involved in non-governmentalorganisations in the UK and abroad. He has written and lectured widely on mental health development.

• Introduction PART 1: THEORY AND TRADITIONRace and Culture; Ethnicity and IdentityTraditional Approaches to Mental HealthBackground and Culture of PsychiatryRacism in PsychiatryChanging Discourse in Mental HealthTrauma and Post-traumatic Stress; Suffering and ViolencePART II: PRACTICE AND INNOVATIONApplication of Psychiatry: Bias and ImperialismAsian and African 'Therapy' for Mental HealthMental Health in Low and Middle Income CountriesMental Health of Refugees in High Income CountriesProspects for Plurality in Therapies for Mental Health Mental Health for All

Comment on second edition: 'Thorough, challenging and essential for today's society& multi-cultural professional interventions in mental health'- Ms Sarah Patrick, School of Health and Community Care, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK