Psychiatric Nursing in Bangladesh

Dr. S M Yasir Arafat is currently working as an Associate Consultant of Psychiatry at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is an Associate Professor of Frontier University Garowe, Somalia, an Associate Fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, and a Senior Research Fellow of the Biomedical Research Foundation, Bangladesh. He was affiliated with the University of Bristol, UK, as a Visiting Senior Research Associate (August 2021–2023) and an Honorary Research Fellow with Dnet (October 2023-25). He completed his MD in Psychiatry from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, and his MBBS from the Dhaka Medical College, Bangladesh. He also did an MPH in Health Economics and an MBA in Marketing. Dr. Arafat has (co)authored more than 400 peer-reviewed articles and 50 book chapters, and (co)edited more than 15 books with Springer. He is the lead editor of the book series South Asian Perspectives in Mental Health and Psychology with Springer. He has been included in the global 2% researcher list in 2021-23, and 2025. He is an editorial member of more than 10 leading journals in mental health, published by Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, Routledge, and Sage. His research focused on mental health, suicidal behavior, psychometrics, panic buying, and psycho-sexual disorders.  Hasina Akter is currently working as an Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Nursing at Bangladesh Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She focuses on mental health and psychiatric nursing. She completed MSN in Mental Health & Psychiatric Nursing from the National Institute of Advanced Nursing Education and Research and BSc in Nursing from the Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is a PhD fellow at Bangladesh Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Hasina Akter has (co)authored more than 20 peer-reviewed articles.

• 1.Introduction to Psychiatric Nursing(Hasina Akter and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 2.Biopsychosocial Theories of Mental Health and Illness(Kulsuma Akter and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 3.Psychotherapeutic Modalities(Rubina Jahan, Hasina Akter and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 4.Therapeutic Communication and the Therapeutic Relationship(Kulsuma Akter and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 5.Care of Clients with Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders(Atiqul Haq Mazumder and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 6.Care of Clients with Mood Disorders(Bithika Mali and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 7.Care of Clients with Anxiety Disorders(Ravi Philip Rajkumar and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 8.Care of Clients with Psychosomatic Illnesses and Somatoform Disorders(Bithika Mali, Hasina Akter and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 9.Care of Clients with Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder(Sultana Algin and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 10.Care of Clients with Delirium, Dementia, and Other Related Disorders(Redwana Hossain and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 11.Care of Clients with Substance-Related Disorders(Hasina Akter and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 12.Care of Clients with Sexual Disorders(Bithika Mali and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 13.Care of Clients with Suicide: Children, Adolescents, Adults, and Elders(S. M. Yasir Arafat and Hasina Akter).- 14.Emergency Psychiatric Nursing Care(Deblina Roy and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 15.Mental Health Promotion across the Lifespan(Russell Kabir, Madhini Sivasubramanian, Ali Davod Parsa and S. M. Yasir Arafat).- 16.Public and Private Systems of Care for Mental Health, including Referral System(S. M. Yasir Arafat).