Hindu Belief Systems and the Practice of Psychiatry in the UK
نویسندگان
چکیده
This article should be viewed more as a narrative account (rather than an in-depth overview or exposition) of key recurring themes in the belief systems amongst Hindus of the Indian subcontinent with an emphasis on their relationship to mental illness. We hope to provide the reader with some understanding as to how Hindu belief systems and culture need to be kept in perspective whilst evaluating or managing people of such ethnic origin (specifically from India) within the United Kingdom (UK) mental health services. This information would be useful to both the psychiatrist trained in India as well as British trained psychiatrists.
منابع مشابه
The International Landscape of Medical Licensing Examinations: A Typology Derived From a Systematic Review
Background National licensing examinations (NLEs) are large-scale examinations usually taken by medical doctors close to the point of graduation from medical school. Where NLEs are used, success is usually required to obtain a license for full practice. Approaches to national licensing, and the evidence that supports their use, varies significantly across the globe. This paper aims to develop a...
متن کاملIt Ain’t What You Do (But the Way That You Do It): Will Safety II Transform the Way We Do Patient Safety; Comment on “False Dawns and New Horizons in Patient Safety Research and Practice”
Mannion and Braithwaite outline a new paradigm for studying and improving patient safety – Safety II. In this response, I argue that Safety I should not be dismissed simply because the safety management strategies that are developed and enacted in the name of Safety I are not always true to the original philosophy of ‘systems thinking.’
متن کاملHealth Policy and Management: In Praise of Political Science; Comment on “On Health Policy and Management (HPAM): Mind the Theory-Policy Practice Gap”
Health systems have entered a third era embracing whole systems thinking and posing complex policy and management challenges. Understanding how such systems work and agreeing what needs to be put in place to enable them to undergo effective and sustainable change are more pressing issues than ever for policy-makers. The theory-policy-practice-gap and its four dimensions, as articulated by Chini...
متن کاملFalse Dawns and New Horizons in Patient Safety Research and Practice
In response to a weight of evidence that patients are frequently harmed as a result of their care, there have been concerted efforts to make healthcare safer, with health systems across the globe investing significant resources in policies and programmes designed to reduce adverse events. Yet, despite extensive efforts, improvements in safety have proved difficult to sustain and spread, with st...
متن کاملHistorical Interactions of Dārā Shukūh with Hinduism
This Article, with a descriptive-analytical method and phenomenological approach, tries to explain the motives, solutions, and achievements of Dārā Shukūh (fl. 11th century AH) in Muslim-Hindu relations. It will also describe his ways of interaction and explain some negative reactions against his policies. Dārā Shukūh’s main motives were his special family upbringing, his chivalrous ...
متن کامل