It is for me a real pleasure and an honour to write the foreword for this impressive textbook edited by Professors Dinesh Bhugra and Kam Bhui. Based on my involvement in the field of Cultural Psychiatry for over four decades, I clearly envisage this textbook to be one of the most authoritative textbooks ever written on the topic of Cultural Psychiatry.

I base my assumption on a series of well-established facts. They are as follows:

1. This textbook has secured a cadre of authors who represent the best that the field of Cultural Psychiatry can offer at the present time. This cadre of authors encompasses over 40 experts from all regions of the world, each of them bringing to this textbook a rich set of knowledge and experiences in their respective assignments in this text. They are all highly respected scholars in their assigned topics. Undoubtedly, this is not a minor task and clearly symbolizes the respect that each of them has for Professors Bhugra and Bhui and what this textbook will have to offer to the field of Cultural Psychiatry for years to come.

2. The topics selected for this textbook represent very relevant subjects. Each of the critical areas of the field of Cultural Psychiatry is addressed in this textbook. They all signified the best curriculum within the field of Cultural Psychiatry. This compendium of highly important subjects will certainly offer the best advances and knowledge in this field to all professionals and trainees who are or could be interested in the field of Cultural Psychiatry in the twenty-first century.

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