Albert Persaud
Biographic Data
| ID | 4618423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Albert Persaud |
| GIVEN NAMES | Albert |
| FAMILY NAME | Persaud |
| SIGNATURE | PERSAUD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7349-7615 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Involving International Experts in DSM-6
Mental health is still a human right during times of war
Profiting from crisis
A new framework for funding foreign aid
Dinesh Bhugra
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…
Time for hard choices
Why we need Geopsychiatry
Geopsychiatry, global vulnerability, mitigation and psychiatry
Covid-19 and the violence against women and girls
Public policy, mental health and a public health approach to violence
Geopolitical factors, foreign aid and mental health II
In the previous accompanying paper, we described geopolitical factors which affect mental health of individuals who suffer directly and indirectly. These disasters whether they are natural or man-made often attract significant amounts of aid and resources – financial and human. In addition, those who offer foreign aid need to be aware of where and how the aid is being spent. In this paper, we propose that aid giving agencies give due attention to…
Geopolitical factors and mental health I
Natural and man-made disasters carry with them major burden and very often the focus is on immediate survival and management of resulting infectious diseases. The impact of disasters directly and indirectly on the well-being and mental health of those affected often gets ignored. The reasons are often stigma and lack of attention to mental health consequences. In addition, often the focus is on preventing the spread of infectious diseases such as…
The experiences of postnatal depression in women from black and minority ethnic communities in Wiltshire, UK
All the women had problematic lives, affected by a multitude of factors, and raised a number of serious concerns that related to health and social care. This has implications for practice and service provision, as demonstrated by the data from GPs and health visitors, in, for example, the provision of advice and information (and in different languages), training, improved communication and inter-agency working, in this area (where the research wa…
The experiences of postnatal depression in women from black and minority ethnic communities in Wiltshire, UK
All the women had problematic lives, affected by a multitude of factors, and raised a number of serious concerns that related to health and social care. This has implications for practice and service provision, as demonstrated by the data from GPs and health visitors, in, for example, the provision of advice and information (and in different languages), training, improved communication and inter-agency working, in this area (where the research wa…
The experiences of postnatal depression in women from black and minority ethnic communities in Wiltshire, UK
All the women had problematic lives, affected by a multitude of factors, and raised a number of serious concerns that related to health and social care. This has implications for practice and service provision, as demonstrated by the data from GPs and health visitors, in, for example, the provision of advice and information (and in different languages), training, improved communication and inter-agency working, in this area (where the research wa…
Geopolitical factors, foreign aid and mental health II
In the previous accompanying paper, we described geopolitical factors which affect mental health of individuals who suffer directly and indirectly. These disasters whether they are natural or man-made often attract significant amounts of aid and resources – financial and human. In addition, those who offer foreign aid need to be aware of where and how the aid is being spent. In this paper, we propose that aid giving agencies give due attention to…
Geopolitical factors and mental health I
Natural and man-made disasters carry with them major burden and very often the focus is on immediate survival and management of resulting infectious diseases. The impact of disasters directly and indirectly on the well-being and mental health of those affected often gets ignored. The reasons are often stigma and lack of attention to mental health consequences. In addition, often the focus is on preventing the spread of infectious diseases such as…
Public policy, mental health and a public health approach to violence
Covid-19 and the violence against women and girls
Geopsychiatry, global vulnerability, mitigation and psychiatry
Time for hard choices
Why we need Geopsychiatry
Mental health is still a human right during times of war
Profiting from crisis
A new framework for funding foreign aid
Dinesh Bhugra
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…
Involving International Experts in DSM-6
Psychology (12 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Mental health (7 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (6 works) · Health and Conflict Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works)