Kamaldeep Bhui

The Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, Eighth Edition aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to the clinical topics, psychiatric sub-specialties, and major conditions required by the trainee psychiatrist. Meer

The Oxford Textbook of Public Mental Health brings together the recently increased interest in public mental health and the emphasis on the prevention of mental ill health and promotion of well-being into a single comprehensive textbook. Meer

`The book will be of interest, and easily read by anyone working with a multi-ethnic clientele and should be required reading for anyone in the field of mental health'

-Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

`I recommend this book as an important addition to the literature on mental health and on racism…this is a book well worth readying and studying. Meer

Cultural psychiatry deals with the impact of culture on causation, perpetuation and treatment of patients suffering with mental illness. The role of culture in mental illness is increasingly being recognised, and the misconceptions that can occur as a result of cultural differences can lead to misdiagnoses, under or over-diagnosis. Meer