Ethnic minorities and the Mental Health Act

None of the published studies secured a sample large enough to allow thorough analysis of potential confounding due to age, social deprivation, substance misuse and diagnostic differences. [...]there has been little culturally sensitive research into key determinants operating across pathways to car...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 2002-03, Vol.180 (3), p.198-199
Main Author: Harrison, Glynn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa - ethnology
Commitment of Mentally Ill - statistics & numerical data
Cultural sensitivity
Ethnic groups
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data
Ethnicity
Funding
Health care access
Health Policy
Health services
Humans
Illnesses
Inner city
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - ethnology
Mental health
Mental health services
Mental Health Services - legislation & jurisprudence
Mental Health Services - organization & administration
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority groups
Netherlands - epidemiology
Partnerships
Psychiatry
Psychosis
Social isolation
Substance abuse
United Kingdom - epidemiology
West Indies - ethnology
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Summary:None of the published studies secured a sample large enough to allow thorough analysis of potential confounding due to age, social deprivation, substance misuse and diagnostic differences. [...]there has been little culturally sensitive research into key determinants operating across pathways to care in different ethnic groups. [...]it is time to commission research with study designs and sample sizes that will convincingly address the problems of confounding and case definition. [...]is the time now right for the introduction of a target to reduce the proportion of people with an African—Caribbean background treated under the Mental Health Act? [...]a realistic target could galvanise new partnerships, provide earmarked funding for inner-city mental health services, and drive forward the introduction of data systems that we could begin to trust.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.180.3.198