- Section 1 The Subject Matter of and Approach to Psychiatry
- 1.3 Psychiatry as a worldwide public health problem
- 1.4 The history of psychiatry as a medical specialty
- 1.5 Ethics and values
- 1.6 The psychiatrist as a manager
- 1.7 Descriptive phenomenology
- 1.8 Assessment
- 1.9 Diagnosis and classification
- 1.10 From science to practice
- Section 2 The Scientific Basis of Psychiatric Aetiology
- 2.3 The contribution of neurosciences
- 2.4 The contribution of genetics
- 2.5 The contribution of psychological science
- 2.6 The contribution of social sciences
- 2.7 The contribution of epidemiology to psychiatric aetiology
- Section 3 Psychodynamic Contributions to Psychiatry
- Section 4 Clinical Syndromes of Adult Psychiatry
- 4.4 Persistent delusional symptoms and disorders
- 4.5 Mood disorders
- 4.6 Stress-related and adjustment disorders
- 4.7 Anxiety disorders
- Section 5 Psychiatry and Medicine
- Section 6 Treatment Methods in Psychiatry
- 6.2 Somatic treatments
- Section 7 Social Psychiatry and Service Provision
- 7.1 Public policy and mental health
- 7.2 Service needs of individuals and populations
- 7.3 Cultural differences care pathways, service use, and outcome
- 7.4 Primary prevention of mental disorders
- 7.5 Planning and providing mental health services for a community
- 7.6 Evaluation of mental health services
- 7.7 Economic analysis of mental health services
- 7.8 Psychiatry in primary care
- 7.9 The role of the voluntary sector
- 7.10 Special problems
- 7.10.1 The special psychiatric problems of refugees
- 7.10.2 Mental health services for homeless mentally ill people
- 7.10.3 Mental health services for ethnic minorities
- Section 8 The Psychiatry of Old Age
- Section 9 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Mental health services for ethnic minorities
- Chapter:
- Mental health services for ethnic minorities
- Author(s):
Tom K. J. Craig
and Dinesh Bhugra
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199696758.003.0192
The diagnosis and treatment of mental ill health among multiethnic populations is probably one of the most complex and contentious challenges in psychiatric service provision. At the heart of this complexity are problems of ignorance, attitude, and failures of communication on all sides. It is also potentially one of the most rewarding endeavours if got right. No one service model is likely to apply to every community, even if people belong to the same ethnic group. The development of specialist psychiatric services may not always be possible or even essential. Instead, the requirements are for approaches that are flexible, sensitive, accessible, and accountable to the people they serve.
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- Section 1 The Subject Matter of and Approach to Psychiatry
- 1.3 Psychiatry as a worldwide public health problem
- 1.4 The history of psychiatry as a medical specialty
- 1.5 Ethics and values
- 1.6 The psychiatrist as a manager
- 1.7 Descriptive phenomenology
- 1.8 Assessment
- 1.9 Diagnosis and classification
- 1.10 From science to practice
- Section 2 The Scientific Basis of Psychiatric Aetiology
- 2.3 The contribution of neurosciences
- 2.4 The contribution of genetics
- 2.5 The contribution of psychological science
- 2.6 The contribution of social sciences
- 2.7 The contribution of epidemiology to psychiatric aetiology
- Section 3 Psychodynamic Contributions to Psychiatry
- Section 4 Clinical Syndromes of Adult Psychiatry
- 4.4 Persistent delusional symptoms and disorders
- 4.5 Mood disorders
- 4.6 Stress-related and adjustment disorders
- 4.7 Anxiety disorders
- Section 5 Psychiatry and Medicine
- Section 6 Treatment Methods in Psychiatry
- 6.2 Somatic treatments
- Section 7 Social Psychiatry and Service Provision
- 7.1 Public policy and mental health
- 7.2 Service needs of individuals and populations
- 7.3 Cultural differences care pathways, service use, and outcome
- 7.4 Primary prevention of mental disorders
- 7.5 Planning and providing mental health services for a community
- 7.6 Evaluation of mental health services
- 7.7 Economic analysis of mental health services
- 7.8 Psychiatry in primary care
- 7.9 The role of the voluntary sector
- 7.10 Special problems
- 7.10.1 The special psychiatric problems of refugees
- 7.10.2 Mental health services for homeless mentally ill people
- 7.10.3 Mental health services for ethnic minorities
- Section 8 The Psychiatry of Old Age
- Section 9 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry