Welcome to the personal website of Suman Fernando, psychiatrist, academic and writer
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I was a consultant psychiatrist (now retired) in the British National Health Service for over twenty years until the mid-1990s. Since then I have been an academic, a writer and an advisor on mental health practice and service provision. I was a member of the Mental Health Act Commission (a government inspectorate) for several years until 1995 where I chaired its National Standing Committee on Race and Culture. I am involved in voluntary organisations (NGOs) providing mental health services for people from minority ethnic ('racialised') groups in the UK and also for people in Sri Lanka. Here is a list of my appointments (click to see).
My main occupation now is in writing, lecturing, teaching and consulting in UK and Canada (click here for publications). I have been involved in capacity building work in Sri Lanka (click here for more..) and in researching issues around mental health and mental health provision in low income countries - click here for a paper written in 2005 and here for another (2009)

Who am I ?
I am a Hon. Senior Lecturer in Mental Health at European Centre for Migration & Social Care (MASC) at University of Kent. I am also a visiting professor in the Department of Applied Social Science at London Metropolitan University. More...
My books include "Cultural Diversity, Mental Health and Psychiatry: The Struggle Against Racism" (2003) (click)
Mental Health in a Multi-ethnic Society: A Multi-disciplinary Handbook (2009) (click to see)
Click here for a list of my recent publications.

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Research/Capacity Building in Sri Lanka I am consultant to a program in Sri Lanka click here to see more...... MENTAL HEALTH, RACE AND CULTURE (NEW THIRD EDITION) 2010 Click to listen to podcast of interview on this book Another
newish book is a 2009 second edn
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