Clinical Topics in Cultural Psychiatry

Cultural factors play a very important role in the way psychiatric symptoms are presented to clinicians and how clinicians deal with them. This book offers practical advice for the individual practitioner. The Dept of Health requires all NHS staff to receive cultural competency training. Some chapters were originally published in the Colleges journal Advances in Psychiatric Treatment and have been updated; some are newly commissioned. Readership Primarily all new psychiatric trainees (CT1 level), plus also of interest to other disciplines such as nurses, psychologists or occupational therapists. Related title Psychiatry in Multicultural Britain, ISBN 9781901242454, from year 2001. RCPsych Publications is the publishing arm of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (based in London, United Kingdom), which has been promoting excellence in mental health care since 1841. Produced by the same editorial team who publish The British Journal of Psychiatry, they sell books for both psychiatrists and other mental health professionals; and also many written for the general public. Their popular series include the College Seminars Series, the NICE mental health guidelines and the Books Beyond Words series for people with intellectual disabilities. RCPsych publishes in all areas of psych