Dinesh Bhugra
Background

I grew up in a small industrial town in north India. At 16 I won the National Science Talent Search scholarship. I gained adminission to medical school and during medical training won research awards.
Here is a summary of my qualifications with links to the web sites of the awarding organisations.
  1976 MBBS - Armed Forces Medical College, Poona University, India
  1981 LMSSA
  1985 MRCPsych
  1990 MPhil - Leicester University
  1991 MSc(Sociology) - CNAA South Bank University
  1996 MA (Social Anthropology) - University of London
  1997 FRCPsych
  1999 PhD - University of London

I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and of the Royal Society of Medicine. I am a member of these societies and organisations:
  • Association of University Teachers in Psychiatry
  • British Association of Sexual and Relationship Therapists
  • British Medical Association
  • Medical Defence Union
  • Society of Authors
Editorial work with journals

I am editor of these journals:
  • International Review of Psychiatry - Editor since 1996
  • International Journal of Social Psychiatry - Editor since 2000
I am on the editorial board of these journals:
  • British Journal of Psychiatry
  • Archives of Indian Psychiatry
  • Global Mental Health
  • Indian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
  • International Journal of Mental Health System Development
  • Journal of Indian Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • Mental Health, Religion and Culture
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychopathology
  • Sexual and Relationship Therapy
My work with voluntary organisations has included membership of the following: