'Transcultural Psychiatry: How Far Does It Help in the Understanding of Individual Experiences?'

When?

Monday 9 February 2004, 17:00 to 18:30

Where?

19AD04

Open to:

Public, Staff, Students

Speaker:

Dr Begum Maitra

Dr Begum Maitra (Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, London Borough of Hackney)

'Mental Health Professionals and Minority Ethnic Children: Culture Conflict in Multicultural Societies'

Dr Begum Maitra, MRCPsych, DPM, MD (Psychiatry) has been a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in multicultural inner London (Hammersmith and Hackney) for about 10 years, and is currently employed by the East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust.

Her research and academic interests include - cultural explanatory models for common childhood problems; culture, parenting and child development - with a special focus on neglect and abuse. She has been a consultant to research projects of national relevance on the subject of minority ethnic children and families in care proceedings, and to the FOCUS Project (Royal College of Psychiatrists Research Unit) on mental health services for minority ethnic children and families.
She lectures widely on these areas and has published several papers on assessment across cultures, and on working with minority ethnic families. Dr Maitra is closely involved with training - of medical students, trainees in psychiatry and allied mental health disciplines, and is a member of the Overseas Working Party on Child Psychiatry Training of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.