Dikomitis, Lisa, Shergill, Sukhwinder S. (2025) Why psychiatry needs ethnography. The British Journal of Psychiatry, . pp. 1-3. ISSN 0007-1250. E-ISSN 1472-1465. (doi:10.1192/bjp.2025.10318) (KAR id:110747)
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Abstract
Psychiatrists and anthropologists both rely on observation, discourse analysis and access to participants’ internal and external worlds. Ethnographic fieldwork, a key method in medical anthropology, offers a powerful tool to establish a robust evidence base of how to address mental health inequalities in ethnic minority communities.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1192/bjp.2025.10318 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | Sikhs, interdisciplinary research, Anthropology, participant observation, intersectionality |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Institutional Unit: | Schools > Kent and Medway Medical School |
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| Funders: | University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56) |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
| Depositing User: | JISC Publications Router |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Aug 2025 10:29 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 18 Aug 2025 09:50 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/110747 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
University of Kent Author Information
Shergill, Sukhwinder S..
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