Publications - Suman Fernando(Mental Health Race And Culture

Publications

These articles (some unpublished) may be helpul to researchers, students and people interested in field of mental health, race and culture, and the politics of 'race' and mental health (click on title for full article)

1. Culture and Mental Health

A paper presented at a conference providing an overview of 'transcultural psychiatry’. Please see the associated powerpoint slide show.

2. What is schizophrenia?

It is time to abandon it as 'diagnosis'

This is an unpublished paper based on material in my books and elsewhere. Also see:

3. The problem about psychiatric research

A summary of what needs to be done.

4. The nature of psychiatric diagnosis

A transcultural view of how diagnosis works in practice

5. Towards a Spiritual Western Psychology

A talk given to postgraduate students at Goldsmiths College on 20 November 2004, examining feasibility of western psychology incorporating a spiritual dimension. Please see the associated powerpoint slide show.

6. Ethnic Research

I was moved to write this article as a result of seeing a piece in Society Guardian December 15 2009 - see under news.

7. Articles in 'Openmind'

If you click on Openmind you can see the articles listed with a brief sentence about each one.