Professor Dinesh Bhugra is Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. He is also an Honorary Consultant at the Maudsley Hospital, where he runs the sexual and couple therapy clinic.

Professor Bhugra's research interests are in cultural psychiatry, sexual dysfunction and service development. He has authored/co-authored over 300 scientific papers, chapters and 20 books. His recent volumes are Textbook of Cultural Psychiatry (awarded a recommendation in the BMA Book Awards in 2008), Culture and Mental Health, Handbook for Psychiatric Trainees and Management for Psychiatrists. His most recent monograph, Mad Tales from Bollywood: Portrayal of Madness in Conventional Hindi Cinema, was published in 2006.

He is the Editor of the International Journal of Social Psychiatry, International Review of Psychiatry and International Journal of Culture and Mental Health.


Tom Craig is Professor of Social Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry and with the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. His interests concern the development and dissemination of innovative community-based psychiatric services with an emphasis on practical interventions to tackle social exclusion and promote quality of life for people suffering from severe mental illness. These programmes have included the establishment and evaluation of psychiatric services for homeless mentally ill people, residential alternatives to the hospital asylum, the development of clinical case management models and specialised interventions for young people suffering from the first episode of a psychotic illness.


Professor Bhui was born in Kenya to a Punjabi Sikh family. He was schooled at the Vale and Aylesbury Grammar School in Aylesbury. He qualified in medicine (MBBS) from United Medical Schools of Guys & St Thomas' (UMDS) in 1988.

Professor Bhui is Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, and has worked in Community Mental Health Teams, Assertive Outreach Teams, and with a team working with homeless people in East London. Current work involves specialist assessment of referrals to tertiary psychotherapy service, especially the assessment and management of complex culturally influenced presentations.

As Director of the Innovative Cultural Consultations Service commissioned by NHS Tower Hamlets, Professor Bhui contributes to workforce development and provision of high quality and culturally capable care.

Professor Dinesh Bhugra, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Professor Kamaldeep Bhui, Barts and The London Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, London, UK
Dr Jim Crabb, Falkirk Royal Infirmary, Scotland, UK
Professor Tom Craig, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Dr Sean Cross, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park London, UK
Dr Nick Grey, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Professor Helen Herrman, ORYGEN Research Centre, Victoria, Australia
Dr Julia Huemer, Lab for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, California, USA
Professor Rachel Jenkins, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Dr Ida Kaplan, Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture, Victoria, Australia
Dr J David Kinzie, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Dr Alan Koike, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of California, USA
Dr Russell Lim, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of California, USA
Dr Keh-Ming Lin, Division of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Research, National Health Research Institute, Taiwan
Dr Gillian Mezey, Division of Mental Health, St George's University of London, UK
Susan Rees, Mental Health Centre, Liverpool Forbes & Campbell, New South Wales, Australia
Dr Pedro Ruiz, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical School, University of Texas, USA
Professor Derrick Silove, Mental Health Centre, Liverpool Cnr Forbes & Campbell, New South Wales, Australia
Dr Daya Somasundaram, Glenside Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
Dr Zachary Steel, Mental Health Centre, Liverpool Forbes & Campbell, New South Wales, Australia
Professor Dr Thomas Stompe, Psychiatric University Clinic, Vienna, Austria
Dr Josef Szware, Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture, Victoria, Australia
Dr Ajoy Thachil, St George's University of London, Division of Mental Health, London, UK
Dr Lakshmi Vijaykumar, SNEHA & Voluntary Health Services, Chennai, India
Professor Panos Vostanis, Greenwood Institute of Child Health, Leicester, UK
Dr Nasir Warfa, Centre of Psychiatry Wolfson, Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK