Kamaldeep Bhui is an expert on

cultural psychiatry Cross-cultural psychiatry (also known as Ethnopsychiatry or transcultural psychiatry or cultural psychiatry) is a branch of psychiatry concerned with the cultural context of mental disorders and the challenges of addressing ethnic diversity in psyc ...

, ethnic disparities in

psychiatric disorders A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitti ...

, and

cultural competency Cultural competence, also known as intercultural competence, is a range of cognitive, affective, and behavioural skills that lead to effective and appropriate communication with people of other cultures.Deardorff, D. K. (2009). ''The Sage handbook ...

in mental health care. He is a Professor of Psychiatry at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

and Honorary Professor in the Center for Psychiatry at Queen Mary University of London. In 2017, Bhui was named a Commander of Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's New Years' Honors List in honor of his services to mental health care and research. Bhui has served as Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Psychiatry, as Editor of the International Journal of Culture and Mental Health, and as Director of the

World Psychiatric Association The World Psychiatric Association is an international umbrella organisation of psychiatric societies. Objectives and goals Originally created to produce world psychiatric congresses, it has evolved to hold regional meetings, to promote profess ...

Collaborating Centre.

Biography

Bhui was born in Kenya to a family of Punjabi Sikh background, and educated in the United Kingdom. Bhui graduated from the United Medical & Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals with a medical degree in 1988. He holds postgraduate qualifications in psychiatry, mental health studies, epidemiology, and psychotherapy. He completed clinical training in London, secured a first Consultant appointment in 1999, followed in 2000 and 2003 by Consultant/Senior Lecturer and Consultant/Professorial posts in East London Foundation Trust and Queen Mary University of London. Bhui was subsequently appointed Professor of Cultural Psychiatry and Epidemiology at the Research Centre for Psychiatry at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the London School of Medicine. Bhui is co-founder of Careif, an international mental health charity.

Books

* Bhugra, D., & Bhui, K. (2001). ''Cross-cultural psychiatry: a practical guide''. Arnold. * Bhugra, D., & Bhui, K. (Eds.). (2018). ''Textbook of cultural psychiatry''. Cambridge University Press. * Bhugra, D., Bhui, K., Wong, S. Y. S., & Gilman, S. E. (Eds.). (2018). ''Oxford textbook of public mental health''. Oxford University Press. * Bhui, K. E. (Ed.) (2002). ''Racism and mental health: Prejudice and suffering''. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. * Bhui, K. (Ed.). (2013). ''Elements of culture and mental health: critical questions for clinicians''. RCPsych Publications. * Bhui, K. and Bhugra, D. (Eds.) (2020). ''Terrorism, Violent Radicalisation and Mental Health. Oxford University Press.''

References

External links

Faculty Homepage, University of Oxford
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhui, Kamaldeep Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British psychiatrists Academics of the University of Oxford Principal Fellows of the Higher Education Academy Kenyan emigrants to the United Kingdom