Elements of Culture and Mental Health: Critical Questions for Clinicians - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908020490 ISBN 13: 9781908020499

Publisher: RCPsych Publications, 2013

Synopsis

It is not enough for mental health professionals to make best use of the evidence base; they must also ensure that interventions are culturally appropriate, acceptable and ethical. This is a very complex task - to work with culturally diverse populations who may not expect the same sort of treatments or interventions or even assessment processes as the cultural majority. How can professionals work confidently with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, engage with the emotional and professional demands, and be more creative about how to improve the quality of care and the take up of care? This short volume, developed by service users, practitioners, teachers and researchers, aims to address this issue. Each chapter is a concise, thought-provoking, engaging and creative essay about a clinical scenario that is central to improving the quality of care to culturally diverse populations. The scenarios are common, and the essays set out beautifully some of the obstacles to improving care, dilemmas facing the clinician, and how they might be overcome.

About this title

Book Description:

A guide for mental health professionals to working with culturally diverse populations who may not expect the same sort of treatments or interventions or even assessment processes as the cultural majority. The scenarios are common, and the essays cover some of the obstacles to improving care, dilemmas facing the clinician, and how they might be overcome.

About the Author:

Professor of Psychiatry at Barts & The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London

About this edition

• Publisher: RCPsych Publications
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1908020490
• ISBN 13: 9781908020499
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 104
• Editor: Bhui Kamaldeep