Mental health in a multi-ethnic society : a multidisciplinary handbook / edited by Suman Fernando and Frank Keating.
- Date:
- 2009
- Books
About this work
Description
This book provides an overview of the area of mental health in a multi-ethnic society, highlights current problems and also provides a strategy for achieving positive change in the way community care services are planned and implemented.
Publication/Creation
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2009.
Physical description
xvi, 299 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm
Contributors
Edition
Second edition.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-281) and indexes.
Contents
Part 1. Meanings and realities / Suman Fernando -- Race relations, mental health, and human rights : the legal framework / Chinyere Inyama -- Inequalities and the politics of 'race' in mental health / Suman Fernando -- Black and minority ethnic women / Nutan Kotecha -- Race equality training in the UK : an historical overview / Joanna Bennett, Jayasree Kalathil and Frank Keating -- Part 2. Management approaches to effecting change / Alpa Kapasi -- Innovation in the voluntary sector / Tanzeem Ahmed, Yasmin Jennings and Jagroop Kaur Dhillon -- The challenges of Race Equality and Cultural Capability (RECC) training / Peter Ferns -- Developing psychological services for refugee survivors of torture / Nimisha Patel -- Black service 'user involvement' : rhetoric or reality? / Premila Trivedi -- A programme for changing attitudes in the statutory sector : dialogue is critical / Sandra Griffiths -- Part 3. Working therapeutically with hidden dimensions of racism / Aileen Alleyne -- The Marlborough Cultural Therapy Centre / Rabia Malik, Raina Fateh and Rakhee Haque -- Mental health services for Chinese people / Shun Au and Rebecca Tang -- Counselling and day care for South Asian people / Yasmin Choudhry and Qadir Bakhsh -- African and Caribbean mental health service in Manchester / Jeanette Stanley -- The sanctuary practice in Hackney / Angela Burnett -- A movement led by black service users in South London / Robert Jones -- Part 4. The way ahead / Suman Fernando and Frank Keating.
Type/Technique
Languages
Subjects
- Mental healthGreat BritainRace relations
- MinoritiesMental health servicesGreat Britain
- RefugeesMental health servicesGreat Britain
- Social psychiatryGreat Britain
- Community mental health servicesGreat Britain
- Discrimination in mental health servicesGreat Britain
- Mental Disordersethnology
- Community Mental Health Services
- Community Psychiatry
- Minority Health
- Culturally Competent Care
- Healthcare Disparities
- Great Britain
Where to find it
Location Status Medical CollectionWA305 2009M54Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780415414876
- 0415414873