Dinesh Bhugra

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] Bhugra was the president of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) between 2014 and 2017 and the President of the British Medical Association in 2018-2019.[4]

Bhugra became chair of the Mental Health Foundation in 2011,[5] 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[6][7]

He is a well-known commentator on mental health issues. He has contributed to The Guardian,[8][9][10][11] The Daily Telegraph,[12] The Times (UK),[13] the Financial Times,[14] The Observer,[15] The Huffington Post,[16] the BBC News Magazine,[17] The Times of India and The New York Times.[18]

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][19] 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.[20]

  1. ^ "King's College London – Research Staff Profiles". Rg.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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  4. ^ "Medicine's Social Contract" (PDF). bma.org.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Professor Dinesh Bhugra, Chair of Trustees". Mentalhealth.org.uk. 1 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  6. ^ "1 Professor Dinesh Bhugra" (PDF). www.wpanet.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Congratulations Dinesh!". Rcpsych.ac.uk. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  8. ^ Amelia Hill, social affairs correspondent (20 June 2011). "Mental health services in crisis over staff shortages | Society". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 June 2013. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ "Letters: Shafilea Ahmed and tough lessons to be learned | UK news". The Guardian. London. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  10. ^ David Brindle (19 June 2012). "Study links mental illness with killing | Society". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  11. ^ "The struggle for 'cultural competence' | Money | The Guardian". London: Society.guardian.co.uk. 12 April 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  12. ^ Health (21 June 2011). "Mental health services 'understaffed and overcrowded'". London: Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  13. ^ at , 4 September 2012 (4 September 2012). "Liberal heads and internalised racism". The Times. Retrieved 9 June 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Press cuttings". Kcl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  15. ^ Amelia Hill (29 June 2008). "The mental health units that shame the NHS | Society | The Observer". London: Guardian. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  16. ^ "Professor Dinesh Bhugra: Tackling the Stigma Related to Mental Illnesses in South Asian Communities". Huffingtonpost.co.uk. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  17. ^ Fidgen, Jo (18 March 2013). "BBC News – Richard O'Brien: 'I'm 70% man'". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ "IoP: staff: Bhugra, Dinesh K". Iop.kcl.ac.uk. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  20. ^ "Professor Dinesh Bhugra | Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management". Fmlm.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.