diversity – A New Vision for Mental Health

Cultural Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing: Spiritual Interpretations of Symptoms in Medical Practice

Author: Editorial 12th October 2020 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Natalie Tolbert. The publishers say: “As human migration brings an ever more diverse range of people, cultures and beliefs into contact, Western medical systems must adapt to cater for the different approaches it encounters…
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books, cultural diversity, Culture & Society, diversity, Natalie Tolbert, spirituality, wellbeing

The Personal Is Political: Stories of Difference and Psychotherapy

Author: Editorial 17th November 2017 0 Comments

The publishers say: “ This book [coming out in January 2018, written by Prof. Martin Milton] explores how therapists and counsellors can address the key issues of ‘difference’ in working with their clients. No matter how much the therapist knows, how knowledgeable…
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books, client uniqueness, difference, diversity, ethnic background, gender, religious identity, sexuality, subjectivity, Talking Therapies

Cultural Diversity, Mental Health and Psychiatry: The Struggle Against Racism

Author: Editorial 17th April 2017 0 Comments

This book explores the view that the two main psychiatric diagnostic ‘bibles’ [1] in use across Europe and North America rest largely on the social norms of white, western culture, and as such are forms of pseudo-science. It examines how and why…
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books, cultural diversity, Culture & Society, diversity, DSM, ICD, psychiatry, racism, Suman Fernando

Talking About My Autism Spectrum Condition

Author: Editorial 7th March 2017 0 Comments

Talking About My ASC (Autism Spectrum Condition): Noise – a 3 minute video from Shula, daughter of Prof. Mick Cooper. Shula, who has Asperger’s Syndrome explains how she, as someone on the autistic and neurodiverse spectrum, experiences noise as compared to someone who…
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autistic spectrum, Clients & Patients, diversity, neurodiversity, noise, videos

Neurodiverse film talent development

Author: Editorial 3rd March 2017 0 Comments

Different Voices is a neurodiverse film talent development programme from 104 films and biggerhouse film . It builds on their experience of developing the feature film Dawn of the Dark Fox (watch a clip here ) – the first feature film directed by an autistic film maker,…
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autistic spectrum, Culture & Society, diversity, films, neurodiversity, videos

emotion-focused care

Author: admin 31st October 2016 0 Comments

Our vision of mental and emotional health increases the focus on emotions, values the emotional heart of service provision and minimises stigma by celebrating diversity. Increasing the focus on emotional health Emotions, such as grief, anger, fear, despair and shame are the core…
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diversity, emotional health, neurodiversity, service users, stigmatisation