Hon Consultant Psychiatrist
Research Excellence
Professor Bhui is part of the Environmental & Cultural Psychiatry Research Group. Current research includes a systematic review of the cultural competence literature, new data on suicide and self harm among ethnic groups, studies of discrimination and common mental disorders, and studies of chronic fatigue; new work includes investigations of personality disorder, work stress and interventions to improve work stress. The work on social exclusion of young people with multiple problems continues in order to establish more refined international studies of identity, culture, health and well-being. He is involved in the evaluation of a national programme to improve race equality in mental healthcare. Prof Bhui has championed cultural competency and cultural consultation processes to develop a skilled workforce that can deliver improved patient outcomes in a culturally diverse society. Professor Bhui's research interests include methodological innovations for researching health and social care in culturally diverse populations. Investigations are located at the interface between epidemiology and social anthropology to improve research quality in hard to reach and socially excluded populations and patient groups, for example, the homeless, and refugees and asylum seekers. Past research projects include: work with Somali refugees, mental health care and residential mobility; explanatory models of mental distress across cultures; ethnic variations of pathways through care; African Caribbean people remanded to Brixton prison; discrimination, cultural identity, and work characteristics and mental health; religious beliefs and mental well being; dual diagnoses and their prevalence in a range of services; prevalence of common mental disorders and pathways to care of Punjabi and English GP attendees; user involvement in health service planning and delivery; a survey of London's inpatient bed use by black and minority ethnic people; a survey of London's PICUs and their characteristics.
Education
Prof. Bhui is Director of the innovative and highly successful MSc Transcultural Mental Health Care and MSc Psychological Therapies, both of which are grounded in e-learning and blended learning methods. He is also a teacher, examiner and mentor for undergraduate medical students at Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Clinical Leadership
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 Consultation Service commissioned by NHS Tower Hamlets, Professor Bhui contributes to workforce development and provision of high quality and culturally capable care.
As part of research and service development roles, Prof Bhui pioneered the EPIC service innovations (Enhancing Pathways Into Care), and led on the Mental Health Outcomes compendium for professionals to use in mental health care.Professional Leadership and Memberships
Professional Organisations:
He is a board member and President-Elect of the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry (2009-2012), a member of the executive of the Transcultural Psychiatry Section of the World Psychiatric Association, and an honorary member of GLADET (Latin American Group of Transcultural Studies). He is Public Health Lead (2009-2011) at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, former Chair of Transcultural Special Interest Group at the Royal College of Psychiatrists and former President of the Psychiatry Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. He chaired the access and engagement topic group that considered amendments for the NICE update for the schizophrenia guidelines.
Charities:
He is Chair of the Afiya Trust, professional advisor to Kids Company and African Mental Health Foundation, and Trustee and Director at Careif. Careif is a new international charity based in London, England. We aim to share knowledge internationally about mental health in order to improve people’s wellbeing, how to live healthily and ensure that working practices and services are suited to different cultures across the world.".
Editorial Work:
He is author/editor of seven textbooks, and is on the editorial board for the International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Ethnicity and Health, BMC Psychiatry, BMC Research Notes, Transcultural Psychiatry, and Editor of International Journal of Culture and Mental. He is editor of the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry Newsletter.
Public Engagement & Knowledge Dissemination
Research and knowledge are regularly disseminated through academic conferences, charities work, and public events, for example, exploring medicine, science and art at the Wellcome Trust, Tate Modern, and a series of meetings at the Royal Society of Medicine, Royal College of Psychiatrists, and the Barbican.
Professor Bhui is President of the 3rd World Congress of Cultural Psychiatry, to be held in London March 9th-11th 2012.
Publications
Papers
Odenwald M, Warfa N, Bhui K, Elbert T. (2009) The stimulant khat-Another door in the wall? A call for overcoming the barriers. J Ethnopharmacol. Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19913607
Bhui K. (2009) The new science of cultural epidemiology to tackle ethnic health inequalities.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2009 Sep;31(3):322-3.
Dinos S, Khoshaba B, Ashby D, White PD, Nazroo J, Wessely S, Bhui KS. (2009) A systematic review of chronic fatigue, its syndromes and ethnicity: prevalence, severity, co-morbidity and coping. Int J Epidemiol. 38(6):1554-70.
Rüdell K, Bhui K, Priebe S. (2009) Concept, development and application of a new mixed method assessment of cultural variations in illness perceptions: Barts Explanatory Model Inventory. J Health Psychol. 14(2):336-47.
McKenzie K, Bhui K, Nanchahal K, Blizard B. Suicide rates in people of South Asian origin in England and Wales: 1993-2003. Br J Psychiatry. 2008 Nov;193(5):406-9.
Bowers L, Whittington R, Nolan P, Parkin D, Curtis S, Bhui K, Hackney D, Allan T, Simpson A. Relationship between service ecology, special observation and self-harm during acute in-patient care: City-128 study. Br J Psychiatry. 2008 Nov;193(5):395-401.
Rüdell K, Bhui K, Priebe S. Do 'alternative' help-seeking strategies affect primary care service use? A survey of help-seeking for mental distress. BMC Public Health. 2008 Jun 11;8:207.
Viner RM, Clark C, Taylor SJ, Bhui K, Klineberg E, Head J, Booy R, Stansfeld SA. Longitudinal risk factors for persistent fatigue in adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 May;162(5):469-75.
Bhui K, Khatib Y, Viner R, Klineberg E, Clark C, Head J, Stansfeld S. Cultural identity, clothing and common mental disorder: a prospective school-based study of white British and Bangladeshi adolescents. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2008 May;62(5):435-41.
Bhui KS, McKenzie K. Rates and risk factors by ethnic group for suicides within a year of contact with mental health services in England and Wales. Psychiatr Serv. 2008 Apr;59(4):414-20.
Bhui K, Warfa N. Drug consumption in conflict zones in Somalia. PLoS Med. 2007 Dec;4(12):e354.
Bhui K, McKenzie K, Rasul F. Rates, risk factors & methods of self harm among minority ethnic groups in the UK: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2007 Nov 19;7:336.
Warfa N, Klein A, Bhui K, Leavey G, Craig T, Alfred Stansfeld S. Khat use and mental illness: a critical review. Soc Sci Med. 2007 Jul;65(2):309-18.
McKenzie K, Bhui K. Institutional racism in mental health care. BMJ. 2007 Mar 31;334(7595):649-50.
Bhui K, Warfa N, Edonya P, McKenzie K, Bhugra D. Cultural competence in mental health care: a review of model evaluations. BMC Health Serv Res. 2007 Jan 31;7:15.
Clark C, Haines MM, Head J, Klineberg E8, Arephin M, Viner R, Taylor SJ, Booy R, Bhui K, Stansfeld SA. Psychological symptoms and physical health and health behaviours in adolescents: a prospective 2-year study in East London. Addiction. 2007 Jan;102(1):126-35.
Wadsworth E, Dhillon K, Shaw C, Bhui K, Stansfeld S, Smith A. Racial discrimination, ethnicity and work stress. Occup Med (Lond). 2007 Jan;57(1):18-24.
Bhui K, Rüdell K, Priebe S. Assessing explanatory models for common mental disorders. J Clin Psychiatry. 2006 Jun;67(6):964-71.
Books
Bhui, K. Crime & Psychiatry, RSM Press, 2009.
Bhui, K. Bhugra, D. Culture and Mental Health: A Comprehensive Textbook. Hodder, 2007.
Bhugra, D. & Bhui, K. A Textbook of Cultural Psychiatry. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Bhui, K. Weich, S. Lloyd, K. Pocket Psychiatry. Saunders, London, 2002.
Bhui, K. Racism and Mental Health. Jessica Kingsley, London, 2002.
Bhugra, D. Bhui, K. Cross Cultural Psychiatry. Arnold. London. 2000.
Bhui, K. Olajide, D. Mental Health Service Provision for a Multi-cultural Society. Saunders, 1999.