Kamaldeep Bhui
Kamaldeep Bhui | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Professor of Psychiatry |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2017) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | United Medical & Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals (UMDS) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Oxford; Queen Mary University of London |
Kamaldeep Bhui is a Kenyan-born British clinical academic psychiatrist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist. He is an expert on cultural psychiatry, ethnic disparities in psychiatric disorders,[1] cultural competency and public mental health. His interdisciplinary work includes creative arts, lived experience, digital interventions, air pollution and climate change. He is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford[2] and Honorary Professor in the Centre for Psychiatry at Queen Mary University of London.[3] In 2017, Bhui was named a Commander of Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's New Years' Honors List in honor of his services to mental health care and research.[4]
Bhui is NIHR Senior Investigator and Director of the World Psychiatric Association Collaborating Centre.[5] He is senior research fellow at Wadham College, Oxford.
Biography
Bhui was born in Kenya to a family of Punjabi Sikh background, and educated in the United Kingdom.[6]
Bhui graduated from the United Medical & Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals with a medical degree in 1988. He holds postgraduate qualifications in psychiatry, mental health studies, epidemiology, and psychotherapy. He completed clinical training in London, secured a first Consultant appointment in 1999, followed in 2000 and 2003 by Consultant/Senior Lecturer and Consultant/Professorial posts in East London Foundation Trust and Queen Mary University of London.[7] Bhui was subsequently appointed Professor of Cultural Psychiatry and Epidemiology at the Research Centre for Psychiatry at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the London School of Medicine.[6]
Bhui is co-founder of Careif, an international mental health charity.[8]
Books
- Bhugra, D., & Bhui, K. (2001). Cross-cultural psychiatry: a practical guide. Arnold.
- Bhugra, D., & Bhui, K. (Eds.). (2018). Textbook of cultural psychiatry. Cambridge University Press.
- Bhugra, D., Bhui, K., Wong, S. Y. S., & Gilman, S. E. (Eds.). (2018). Oxford textbook of public mental health. Oxford University Press.
- Bhui, K. E. (Ed.) (2002). Racism and mental health: Prejudice and suffering. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
- Bhui, K. (Ed.). (2013). Elements of culture and mental health: critical questions for clinicians. RCPsych Publications.
- Bhui, K. and Bhugra, D. (Eds.) (2020). Terrorism, Violent Radicalisation and Mental Health. Oxford University Press.
- The Maharaja’s Bodyguard, fantasy fiction, 2025, published by Troubador.
References
- ^ "Mental Health and the South Asian heritage community". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ "Kam Bhui — Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford". www.phc.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ "Kamaldeep Bhui, CBE MD (Lon) FRCP(Edin) FRCPsych FRSA PFHEA - Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine - Barts and The London". www.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ "2017 New Year Honours for health and social care services". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ Bhui, Kamaldeep S.; Fiorillo, Andrea; Stein, Dan; Okasha, Tarek; Ndetei, David; Lam, Linda; Chaturvedi, Santosh; Maj, Mario (2016). "Improving education, policy and research in mental health worldwide: the role of the WPA Collaborating Centres". World Psychiatry. 15 (3): 300. doi:10.1002/wps.20360. PMC 5032491. PMID 27717249.
- ^ a b "Kamaldeep Bhui – WPA-TPS". Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "Professor Kamaldeep Bhui CBE | Centre for Mental Health". www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
- ^ "Careif Co-Founder and Director, Professor Kam Bhui Receives a CBE". Psychreg. 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
External links
- Faculty Homepage, University of Oxford
- Kamaldeep Bhui publications indexed by Google Scholar