British psychiatrist
Dinesh Kumar Makhan Lal Bhugra CBE is a professor of mental health and diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London .[ 1] He is an honorary consultant psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and is former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists .[ 2] [ 3] He has been president of the World Psychiatric Association [ 4] and the President Elect of the British Medical Association.[ 5]
Bhugra became chair of the Mental Health Foundation in 2011,[ 6] and was awarded his CBE in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to psychiatry following three years as the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists[ 7] [ 8] This same year he became the first ever UK-based psychiatrist to be voted president elect of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), he will serve as president beginning in 2014.[ 4]
He is a well-known commentator on mental health issues. He has contributed to The Guardian ,[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] The Daily Telegraph ,[ 13] The Times (UK),[ 14] the Financial Times ,[ 15] The Observer ,[ 16] The Huffington Post ,[ 17] the BBC News Magazine ,[ 18] The Times of India and The New York Times .[ 19]
His research interests include topics across social and public health psychiatry: cross-cultural psychiatry , migrant mental health, professionalism in psychiatry, depression, psychosexual medicine, service provision and decision-making.[ 2] [ 20] He has become an important authority on these issues, having published over 180 papers in peer-reviewed journals , 100 editorials and invited papers, 90 book chapters and authored or edited 30 books.[ 21]
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^ "Annual Representative Meeting 2017 Agenda" (PDF) . British Medical Association. June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2021 .
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^ "Congratulations Dinesh!" . Rcpsych.ac.uk. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2013 .
^ Amelia Hill, social affairs correspondent (20 June 2011). "Mental health services in crisis over staff shortages | Society" . The Guardian . London. Retrieved 9 June 2013 .
^ "Letters: Shafilea Ahmed and tough lessons to be learned | UK news" . The Guardian . London. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2013 .
^ David Brindle (19 June 2012). "Study links mental illness with killing | Society" . The Guardian . London. Retrieved 9 June 2013 .
^ "The struggle for 'cultural competence' | Money | The Guardian" . London: Society.guardian.co.uk. 12 April 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2013 .
^ Health (21 June 2011). "Mental health services 'understaffed and overcrowded' " . London: Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2013 .
^ at , 4 September 2012 (4 September 2012). "Liberal heads and internalised racism" . The Times . Retrieved 9 June 2013 . {{cite news }}
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^ Amelia Hill (29 June 2008). "The mental health units that shame the NHS | Society | The Observer" . London: Guardian. Retrieved 9 June 2013 .
^ "Professor Dinesh Bhugra: Tackling the Stigma Related to Mental Illnesses in South Asian Communities" . Huffingtonpost.co.uk. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013 .
^ Fidgen, Jo (18 March 2013). "BBC News – Richard O'Brien: 'I'm 70% man' " . Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2013 .
^ Vyawahare, Malavika (1 May 2013). "A Conversation With: Psychiatrist Dinesh Bhugra, Expert on Deviant Sexual Behavior - NYTimes.com" . Delhi (India);Great Britain;India: India.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013 .
^ "IoP: staff: Bhugra, Dinesh K" . Iop.kcl.ac.uk. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2013 .
^ "Professor Dinesh Bhugra | Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management" . Fmlm.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013 .