‘Journey to the centre of the self’- book launch for Careif Patron co-author
On 29 October, trustees and associates of Careif attended the launch of a new book Journey to the centre of the self, authored by Professor Rina Arya of Hull University along with one of our Patrons, Professor Dinesh Bhugra.
Many psychiatrists working in the UK today are from South Asian backgrounds. The book has taken the accounts of the lived experiences of several of these South Asian psychiatrists and some of the shifts that they have had to make in settling into their jobs in the UK. It offers insights into cultural psychiatry, what we can learn from the marginalised groups and seeks to make practitioners more culturally aware.
"Whilst many accounts of cultural psychiatry might focus on the experience of the ‘patient’, this book looks at the experiences of psychiatrists who migrated to work in the NHS."
Dr Jed Boardman, Careif Trustee