Foreword1 Surprised by Values: an Introduction to Values-based Practice and the Use of Personal Narratives in this Book -- Part I - EXEMPLARS 2 Migration Narratives: an introduction to Part I, Exemplars -- 3 Antonella - "A Stranger in the Family": a case study of eating disorders across cultures -- 4 The role of culture, values and trauma in shaping abnormal bodily experience in migrants -- 5 Premorbid personality and expatriation as possible risk factors for brief psychotic disorder: A case report from post-Soviet Bulgaria -- Part II - THEORY 6 Theory First: an introduction to Part II, Theory -- 7 The Will to Beauty as a Therapeutic Agent: aesthetic values in the treatment of addictive disorders -- 8 Anorexia as Religion: Ocularcentrism as a cultural value and a compensation strategy in persons with Feeding and Eating Disorders -- 9 Ethos, embodiment, psychosis: Losing one's home - identity stakes -- 10 African Personhood, Humanism, and Critical Sankofaism: The Case of Male Suicide in Ghana -- 11 Madness, Mythopoetry and Medicine -- 12 Inside and out: how Western patriarchal cultural contexts shape women's relationships with their bodies -- 13 Spiritual, religious and ethical values in a suicidal individual -- 14 Cultural values, religion and psychosis: five short stories -- Part III - PRACTICE 15 Vectors for best practice: an introduction to Part III, Practice -- 16 Cross-cultural factors and identity in adolescence -- 17 Multidisciplinary Teamwork and the Insanity Defence: a Case of Infanticide in Iraq -- 18 Colonial values and asylum care in Brazil: reclaiming the streets through carnival in Rio de Janeiro -- 19 Alcohol Use Disorder in a Culture that Normalizes the Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages: The Conflicts for Decision-Making -- 20 Living at the edge of Compromise: Balkan pluralism as a resource for balanced decision-making -- 21 "Thinking too much": A clash of legitimate values in clinical practice calls for an indaba guided by African values based practice -- 22 Three points in time: how values and culture affected my life, madness and the people around me -- 23 Recovery and cultural values: on our own terms (a dialogue) -- Part IV - SCIENCE 24 Linking Science with People: an introduction to Part IV, Science -- 25 A Cross-Cultural Values-based Approach to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dissociative (Conversion) Disorders -- 26 Treatment of social anxiety disorder or neuroenhancement of socially accepted modesty? The case of Ms. Suzuki -- 27 Non-Traditional Religion, Hyper-religiosity and Psychopathology: the Story of Ivan from Bulgaria -- 28 Journey into Genes: cultural values and the (near) future of genetic counselling in mental health -- 29 Policy-making indabas to prevent "not listening": An added recommendation from the Life Esidimeni tragedy -- 30 Covert Treatment in a cross-cultural setting -- 31 Discouragement towards Seeking Health Care of Older People in Rural China: The influence of culture and structural constraints -- 32 Discovering myself, a journey of rediscovery -- Part V - TRAINING 33 Training for Task: an introduction to Part V, Training -- 34 Values-based Practice when engaging with voice-hearers -- 35 Dharma Therapy: a Buddhist counselling approach to acknowledging and enhancing perspectives, attitudes and values -- 36 Dangerous Liaisons: Science, Tradition, and Qur'anic Healing in the Dakhla Oasis of Egypt -- 37 Know thyself: Jane discovers the value of her depression -- 38 Case studies in the culture of Professional Football Players and Mental Welfare and Wellbeing -- 39 Sexual Orientation Change Efforts and VBP -- 40 Values, Meanings, Hermeneutics and Mental Health -- 41 Disha: Building Bridges-Removing Barriers: Where Excluded and Privileged Young Adults Meet -- 42 Online Counselling: the world without a label -- Part VI - REFLECTIONS 43 The Realpolitik of Values-based Practice: an introduction to Part VI, Reflections -- 44 Reflections on the impact of mental health ward staff training in race equality and values-based practice -- 45 Connecting patients, practitioners and regulators in supporting positive experiences and processes of shared decision-making in osteopathy: a case study in co-production -- 46 Beyond the Color Bar: sharing narratives in order to promote a clearer understanding of mental health issues across cultural and racial boundaries -- BM 47 Co-writing values: what we did and why we did it -- After word: where next with the book -- Index.