Dinesh Bhugra
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 116689 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Dinesh Bhugra |
| NOMBRES | Dinesh |
| APELLIDO | Bhugra |
| FIRMA | BHUGRA D |
| AFILIACIONES | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0613-2480 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 139 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 51 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 136 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1992 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Words, Definitions, Identities
“One more front in the dirty war”
This paper examines the instrumentalisation of psychiatric procedures and the complicity of physicians and mental health professionals in the state-sponsored terror of Argentina’s civil-military dictatorship (1976–1983). Hitherto, these episodes have remained largely underexplored in broader historiography, as have their implications for modern psychiatric ethics. Drawing on archival records, victim testimonies, and secondary sources, this paper …
Varieties of Capital, History, Mental Health, and Social Psychiatry
Involving International Experts in DSM-6
Why Should We Revive Narrative Psychiatry in the Shadowy Times of Artificial Intelligence? And How
Associated Factors of Burnout and Psycho-Physical Distress Among Private Security Personnel in Türkiye
Aims: This study aimed to examine the prevalence of excessive working hours, burnout, fatigue, and mental and sleep disorders among private security personnel in Turkey. It also assessed their quality of life and self-reported perceptions regarding remuneration. Methods: We do agree with the reviewer and we have re-stated in that a cross-sectional survey was conducted using multistage cluster sampling method. Over 3,000 private security company /…
Patterns of loneliness among high school students
Loneliness is recognized as a significant public mental health issue, especially among adolescents. There is insufficient research on adolescent loneliness in countries such as Kenya, where adolescents make up 23% of the population. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of loneliness among high school students living in different regions of Kenya. This cross-sectional study included 2,652 high school students from ten schools across…
Mental health, medical incapacity, and political leadership in the United Kingdom
Mental ill-health and medical incapacity in governmental leadership could affect democratic accountability, possibly necessitating complex psychiatric, judicial, and political interactions. Notably, as a prominent democratic jurisdiction, governmental structures in the United Kingdom and the role of its Prime Minister are generally underpinned by constitutional conventions, rather than enforceable legal frameworks. Political continuity and stabil…
Beyond Disease
Mental health is still a human right during times of war
Profiting from crisis
A new framework for funding foreign aid
Overview Effect, addictions and social psychiatry
Lifestyle medicine and social psychiatry
Are clinical improvements in large language models a reality? Longitudinal comparisons of ChatGPT models and DeepSeek-R1 for psychiatric assessments and interventions
Background: Potential clinical applications for emerging large-language models (LLMs; e.g. ChatGPT) are well-documented, and newer systems (e.g. DeepSeek) have attracted increasing attention. Yet, important questions endure about their reliability and cultural responsiveness in psychiatric settings. Methods: This study explored the diagnostic accuracy, therapeutic appropriateness and cultural sensitivity of ChatGPT-4o, ChatGPT-4.5, and DeepSeek-R…
Association between ambient temperature and emergency psychiatric consultations
Background: Although environmental factors have been studied for their impact on mental health, the link between ambient temperature and mental disorders remains insufficiently explored. Aim: This study aimed to explore the relationship between ambient temperature and the frequency of emergency psychiatric consultations at the sole university hospital in Paraguay from 2021 to 2023. Methods: This investigation adopted a quantitative, observational…
Why Loneliness Matters in Mental Distress and Mental Illnesses
Geopsychiatry, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and geopolitical challenges for global mental health
SDGs; United Nations; sustainable development; geopsychiatry; global mental health
An age of rage, victimhood and entitlement
Debt and mental ill-health
Self, spirituality and social psychiatry
Disease, illness, phenomenology and narratives
Are rituals important for mental health
Compassion fatigue and healthcare professionals
Others, othering, otherism and social psychiatry
Primary care professionals' perceptions of depression in older people
Migration and sexuality
The whole world is currently witnessing a pace of globalization and urbanization that is affecting every aspect of mankind, including sexuality. The relation between migration and sexuality can be considered bidirectional. Migrants bring along with them to the host regions their beliefs, attitudes and sexualities. These sexual cultures intersect with those of the host region and result in a set of newer ‘evolved sexualities’. Factors like anonymi…
Paraphilias Across Cultures
Cultures define and describe what is normal and what is deviant. These definitions of normality vary across cultures and are influenced by a number of factors, such as religion. Cultures have been described in various ways, including sex-positive where the sexual act itself is seen as important for pleasure, or sex-negative where the sexual act is seen only as for procreative purposes. The role and development of paraphilias across cultures is al…
Coming Out by South Asian Gay Men in the United Kingdom
Globalization
Several factors associated with globalization have mental health consequences. This article reviews the literature on mental health and inequality, occupational patterns and identity shifts before considering the role of globalization as an acculturative stressor. We argue that a re-evaluation of mental health policy in light of globalization must look further than current studies of migrants to consider indigenous communities where models of soc…
Perceptions of Depression in a Community Sample in Dubai
Although words describing depression may not exist across all cultures, the symptoms of depression do. In a study of the Arab community in Dubai, we conducted four focus groups, two each with males and females, to identify the terms and descriptions people use for depression, what symptoms they associate with it, their views on its causes, and their strategies for coping with it. All individuals knew someone who met the description of depression.…
Does consanguinity increase the risk of mental ilnesses? A population-based study
Over the past few years, there have been many encouraging advances identifying genetic risk factors in mental illnesses. Psychiatric disorders have been recognised as carrying the biggest burden of disease worldwide. This is reflected in the State of Qatar where two of the top three burdens of disease are mental disorders. We set out to study the burden of commonest psychiatric disorders among consanguineous marriages at Primary Health Care Centr…
Hijras in Bollywood Cinema
Hijras are a community in the Indian subcontinent that is well known for a number of reasons and rituals. The hijra community is heterogeneous and has been known in the historical context for millennia, forming a key part of rituals in Hindu culture, celebrating marriages and child birth. Hijras have been physically attacked and have been the focus of fun (ridicule). They have been portrayed both negatively and positively in literature and in Hin…
The Culture and Identity Schedule a Measure of Cultural Affiliation
Background: Previous epidemiological studies have shown a high incidence of schizophrenia in African-Caribbeans in the UK, but not in Asians. Aims: We investigated the hypothesis that cultural adherence might protect the Asians against the stress of living in a majority white culture. Methods: The Culture and Identity Schedule (CANDID) was given to patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia making their first contact with psychiatric services, an…
Assessing the Prevalence of Depression in Punjabi and English Primary Care Attenders
Previous studies exploring the prevalence of depression among South Asians reported inconsistent findings. Research artefacts due to sampling bias, measurements errors and a failure to include ethnographic methods may all explain this. We estimated the prevalence of depression, and variations of prevalence with culture, cultural adaptation, somatic symptoms and physical disability in a cross-sectional primary care survey of Punjabi and English at…
Prevalence of Bulimic Behaviours and Eating Attitudes in Schoolgirls from Trinidad and Barbados
We investigated eating attitudes and the prevalence of bulimic disorders in a group of 362 schoolgirls from the islands of Trinidad and Barbados using key questions from the Bulimia Investigatory Test, Edinburgh (BITE) and additional questions for the exploration of eating attitudes and dieting practices. A random sample of 92 girls were interviewed using the DSM-III-R Bulimia Diagnostic Interview. Only three subjects (0.8%) scored over the cut-o…
The Development of a Culturally Sensitive Symptom Checklist for Depression in Dubai
Culturally appropriate terms are more likely to enable clinicians to identify psychiatric conditions and psychological distress. Although Arabic translations of depression inventories exist, their sensitivity in Arabicspeaking communities may be limited. We set out to identify terms and phrases that the native people in Dubai use to express depression. Two hundred community members (100 male and 100 female) were asked to provide a list of express…
Social justice, health equity, and mental health
There is considerable evidence to indicate that stigma and discrimination against people with mental illnesses are widely prevalent across nations. Research also shows that individuals with mental illnesses are likely to die 15–20 years younger than those who do not have these illnesses. In addition, they are more likely to experience delays in help-seeking leading to poor outcomes and are more likely to experience physical illnesses. Stigma and …
The impact of immigration on children's development
Cultures influence our development as individuals through direct contact and the way we are brought up. It is important to understand the tension between cultural factors which affect our thinking
The portrayal of autism in Hollywood films
Films are a powerful medium for entertainment and often educate without intending to do so. In this paper we highlight 23 recent films that portray autistic spectrum disorders. We study the impact of these films on public understanding, drawing similarities and highlighting common themes in their depictions. Increasingly, films are being utilised to teach medical students and psychiatric trainees. We consider which of these films provide the best…
Culture, country of residence and subjective well-being
South Asian populations represent the largest minority ethnic group in the UK. Subjective well-being (depressed mood and life satisfaction) in first generation mid-aged Asian immigrants originating from the Indian subcontinents (UKA) is examined and compared to that of UK Caucasian (UKC) and Indian (resident in Delhi) (DEL) women. Asian women (UKA and DEL) reported higher levels of depressed mood than the UKC sample, but UKA and UKC samples were …
Psychiatry in ancient Indian texts
Descriptions of different types of mental illness are found in ancient Indian medical and religious texts. This paper offers an insight into these descriptions and the principles of treatment. The role of observation was seen as more important than the subjective experiences of the patient. The concepts of mental illnesses prevalent in ancient India are compared with those practised in modern Western psychiatry. The implications of this compariso…
Alcohol and alcohol-related problems in Caraka Samhita
Alcohol and its effects are well described in ancient Ayurvedic medical texts- Caraka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita. As well as describing various types of wine, they describe clear stages of intoxication. The descriptions match the modern symptoms of alcohol intoxication. The emphasis in management was on controlled drinking. The advised approach to drinking and the implications for modern clinical management are discussed further
The Essential Elements of Culturally Sensitive Psychiatric Services
The recent re-structuring of the British National Health Service (NHS) involving a greater emphasis on community treatment has not specifically taken account of the unequal access to mental health services experienced by black people. The greater use amongst black people of compulsory orders, police involvement and reliance on psychotropic medication, although well established, has not influ enced policy or led to a strategy to ensure that servic…
Users' Views of a Drop-in Project for the Homeless
Homeless adults attending a drop-in voluntary project were approached to assess their views on the project, pathways into homelessness, physical and mental health needs and history of substance misuse. Over a six week period, 70 users were interviewed. Of these 54 (77%) were men and the rest women. Twenty five (35%) were living in insecure accommodation. A significant proportion 61% (43) acknowledged having suffered from emotional or mental healt…
Setting Up Psychiatric Services
There is convincing evidence that in the UK, various ethnic minorities are over- represented in psychiatric hospitals, prisons and special hospitals. Various expla nations have been put forward for this picture. The expanding emphasis on community care means that models for looking after ethnic communities should be innovative and work from a bottom-up approach. Psychiatric emphasis on clinical diagnoses means that services are developed accordin…
Coming Out by South Asian Gay Men in the United Kingdom
The development of the Short Explanatory Model Interview (Semi) and its use among primary-care attenders with common mental disorders
Background. Recent anthropological studies have documented the importance of understanding the relation of culture to the experience of mental illness. The use of interviews that elicit explanatory models has facilitated such research, but currently available interviews are lengthy and impractical for epidemiological studies. This paper is a preliminary report on the development of a brief instrument to elicit explanatory models for use in field …
Religious and indigenous treatment of mental illness in South India—A descriptive study
In a follow-up to an earlier study we decided to interview a number of religious healers and ascertain their views on mental illness. A sample of ten healers—Hindu, Muslim and Christian—were interviewed at length. In addition, five sites of healing were visited and various religious rituals observed. The general emphasis in care is on a pluralistic holistic approach and individual healers have several models of mental illness in their repertoire.…
Psychiatry and Religion
Social Factors and First Onset Schizophrenia Among Asians and Whites
Previous studies from the Indian subcontinent had suggested that the onset and outcome of schizophrenia is linked with social factors. We set out to study the inception rates and social factors in whites and Asians who were presenting for the first time ever to various catchment facilities in Ealing catchment area. A total of 62 cases (38 white and 24 Asians) were diagnosed as having schizophrenia. Using well established and previously validated …
The psychological effects of the war in Afghanistan on young Afghan refugees from different ethnic backgrounds
Migration and mental illness
Human beings have moved from place to place since time immemorial. The reasons for and the duration of these migrations put extraordinary stress on individuals and their families. Such stress may not be related to an increase in mental illness for all conditions or to the same extent across all migrant groups. In this paper, we provide an overview of some observations in the field of migration and mental health, hypothesise why some individuals a…
Ideas of Distorted Ethnic Identity in 43 Cases of Psychosis
Objective : Distorted ethnic identity is a difficult concept to define, but relates to individuals from one ethnic group thinking that they want to belong to another ethnic group or that they do so already, but have been "misattributed" to the wrong category. The aim of the present study is to study descriptions of these behaviours. Method: Patients admitted to three hospitals in London were screened by the respective teams looking after them and…
Transcultural Psychiatry
Background: Mental Health Research across cultural groups is often criticised for using imprecise measures of cultural group and for using outcome measures as if they have universal validity. Aims: 1. To Investigate the effect of using different cultural group variables on the findings of a survey of prevalence of Common Mental Disorders. 2. To demonstrate that assumptions of validity for outcomes measures can affect the interpretation of data fr…
Cross-cultural psychiatry
The Development of a Culturally Sensitive Symptom Checklist for Depression in Dubai
Culturally appropriate terms are more likely to enable clinicians to identify psychiatric conditions and psychological distress. Although Arabic translations of depression inventories exist, their sensitivity in Arabicspeaking communities may be limited. We set out to identify terms and phrases that the native people in Dubai use to express depression. Two hundred community members (100 male and 100 female) were asked to provide a list of express…
Perceptions of Depression in a Community Sample in Dubai
Although words describing depression may not exist across all cultures, the symptoms of depression do. In a study of the Arab community in Dubai, we conducted four focus groups, two each with males and females, to identify the terms and descriptions people use for depression, what symptoms they associate with it, their views on its causes, and their strategies for coping with it. All individuals knew someone who met the description of depression.…
Explanatory models for mental distress
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Self-concept
Self-concept is both a social product and a social force, and can be defined as the sum total of an individual's thoughts and beliefs regarding themselves, as well as perceptions by others. Such a view is essential for the well being of individuals and allows a person to function well within parameters of the society. When this self-concept starts to change then the individual looks for other pointers to gain a degree of self control back. Such a…
A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Educational Intervention for Depression among Asian Women in Primary Care in the United Kingdom
Objective: To determine the effect of patient education on patient perspectives and outcome of depression in a sample of Asian women in primary care. Design: A randomised, clinical trial of “patient education” versus “usual care”. Setting: A general practice in London, which has a high proportion of Asians. Subjects: Seventy patients with psychiatric morbidity (a score of 3 or more on the General Health Questionnaire 12) were recruited for the tr…
Inception Rates of Deliberate Self-Harm among Adolescents in West London
Background: Studies have suggested that inception rates of deliberate self-harm among different ethnic group adolescents are broadly similar. Aims: We set out to study the rates of adolescent self-harm over a calendar year in Ealing - part of West London. Methods: All cases of deliberate self-harm presenting to the A&E department and paediatrics were identified and socio-cultural factors studied. Ethnicity was obtained using self-ascription. Resu…
Perceived Causes of Suicide Attempts by U.K. South Asian Women
Perceived causes of suicide attempts were examined in 180 ethnic South Asian women living in the London area. The 3 factors endorsed most frequently and strongly as causes of suicide attempts in South Asian women were violence by the husband, being trapped in an unhappy family situation, and depression
Prevalence of Bulimic Behaviours and Eating Attitudes in Schoolgirls from Trinidad and Barbados
We investigated eating attitudes and the prevalence of bulimic disorders in a group of 362 schoolgirls from the islands of Trinidad and Barbados using key questions from the Bulimia Investigatory Test, Edinburgh (BITE) and additional questions for the exploration of eating attitudes and dieting practices. A random sample of 92 girls were interviewed using the DSM-III-R Bulimia Diagnostic Interview. Only three subjects (0.8%) scored over the cut-o…
Migration, distress and cultural identity
When people migrate from one nation or culture to another they carry their knowledge and expressions of distress with them. On settling down in the new culture, their cultural identity is likely to change and that encourages a degree of belonging; they also attempt to settle down by either assimilation or biculturalism. In this paper, various hypotheses explaining the act of migration and its relationship with mental distress are described. A new…
Migration and mental health
Objective: Migration and its accompanying stressors affect migrating individuals and their families. The process of migration is not simple or straightforward. The aim of this review is to distil existing information on how migration influences individuals’ mental state and how it determines help seeking as well as pathways to care. Method: The review relies on published studies in both MEDLINE and non‐MEDLINE journals as well as relevant monogra…
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