Oxford Textbook of Social Psychiatry

The Oxford Textbook of Social Psychiatry serves as a comprehensive reference to the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of social psychiatry, and its role in the management of psychiatric disorders. Written and edited by leading experts and rising stars in the field of social psychiatry, this textbook provides an authoritative and global look at social psychiatry, covering a wealth of topics and up-to-date research in 79 chapters. Divided into eight sections, this resource covers an overview of the history and development of social psychiatry, as well as the social world of families, culture, and identity, focusing on key issues such as globalisation, pandemics, trauma, spirituality, and gender. Clinical conditions and special vulnerable groups are also explored, with topics such as the mental health of prisoners, somatisation, and eating disorders. Case studies of specific geographical locations provide a critical overview of global mental health today and the challenges faced in different setting, such as low- and middle-income countries.

About the Author

Professor Dinesh Bhugra, Past- President, Royal College of Psychiatrists (2008-2011), World Psychiatric Association (2014-2017), British Medical Association (2018-2019), and Professor Emeritus of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity, Kings College London. He has published widely with several books winning awards and going into multiple editions and translated into Japanese and Mandarin. His Oxford Textbook for Public Mental Health won BMA Book of the Year award in 2019 and Practical Cultural Psychiatry was highly recommended. Editor of the International Journal of Social Psychiatry and International Review of Psychiatry. He is also on the board of several charities and chairs DocHealth charity. Professor Driss Moussaoui is Professor Emeritus at Ibn Rushd University Psychiatric Centre, Casablanca, Morocco. Professor Tom J Craig, Emeritus Professor of Social Psychiatry King's College London and Past President World Association of Social Psychiatry (2013-16). He qualified in medicine at the University of the West Indies and trained in psychiatry in Nottingham, UK. Appointed as Professor of Community Psychiatry in 1990 with his clinical base in the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. His research focuses on developing and evaluating community-based psychiatric services including residential alternatives to the hospital asylum, specialised services for homeless mentally ill people, services for first episode psychosis, and psychosocial interventions including computer-based AVATAR therapy for auditory hallucinations.