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Classic texts that made an impact on me when I was training: Aliens and Alienists - Littlewood and Lipsedge Rethinking psychiatry - Kleinman Development psychiatry - Ben Tovim Just dug out my copy of the last book, published in the mid 1980s. I was impressed again at how sensitively Ben-Tovim describes the encounter between western psychiatry and local presentations and understandings of distress. He does try to fit complaints of local people into psychiatric categories, but also very thoughtfully relates the phenomenology of the complaint. For learning disabilities a really terrific book is Questions of Competence - Jenkins et al. I also love this book on the cultural gulf between western medics and ethnic minority understandings of illness- The Spirit catches You and You fall down - Fadiman Have fun! Deborah On 12 Jun 2015, at 09:52, James Wakefield <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I hope you're well. > > Can anyone recommend any good books or papers concerning cultural understandings of mental health? I currently work in two inner London mental health services - AOS (Islington) and Crisis Service (Hackney), and feel a greater, more in depth, understanding is important. Obviously, learning from the client is most important, but additional insight will help. > > Healthy regards, > James Wakefield > ___________________________________ > The list is jointly managed by David Fryer [log in to unmask] and Grant Jeffrey [log in to unmask], either of whom are able to deal with queries. > To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, visit the website: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK ___________________________________ The list is jointly managed by David Fryer [log in to unmask] and Grant Jeffrey [log in to unmask], either of whom are able to deal with queries. To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK