[3] In 2017, Bhui was named a Commander of Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's New Years' Honors List in honor of his services to mental health care and research.
[4] Bhui has served as Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Psychiatry,[5] as Editor of the International Journal of Culture and Mental Health,[6] and as Director of the World Psychiatric Association Collaborating Centre.
[7] Bhui was born in Kenya to a family of Punjabi Sikh background, and educated in the United Kingdom.
He holds postgraduate qualifications in psychiatry, mental health studies, epidemiology, and psychotherapy.
[8] Bhui is co-founder of Careif, an international mental health charity.