ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)1996
Ethnic differences in risk of compulsory psychiatric admission among representative cases of psychosis in London.
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- Ethnic inequalities and pathways to care in psychosis in England: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2018Pooled it
- A systematic review of ethnic variations in hospital admission and compulsory detention in first-episode psychosis.Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England) · 2014Pooled it
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- A retrospective analysis of determinants of involuntary psychiatric in-patient treatment.BMC psychiatry · 2019Article
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- Prevalence and predictors of involuntary psychiatric hospital admissions in Ontario, Canada: a population-based linked administrative database study.BJPsych open · 2018Article
- Patterns of illness and care over the 5 years following onset of psychosis in different ethnic groups; the GAP-5 study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2017Article
- Mistrust of mental health services: ethnicity, hospital admission and unfair treatment.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2015Article
- The Low Proportion and Associated Factors of Involuntary Admission in the Psychiatric Emergency Service in Taiwan.PloS one · 2015Article
- Ethnic differences in risk of acute compulsory admission in Amsterdam, 1996-2005.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2012Article
- Ethnic diversity and pathways to care for a first episode of psychosis in Ontario.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2010Article
- Disengagement from mental health services. A literature review.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2009Review
- Institutional racism in mental health care.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2007Article
- Use of mental health services and subjective satisfaction with treatment among Black Caribbean immigrants: results from the National Survey of American Life.American journal of public health · 2007Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the risk of detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 in a representative group of people with psychotic disorders from different ethnic groups.
settingTwo defined geographical areas in south London.
designAnnual period prevalent cases of psychosis were identified in 1993 in the study areas from hospital and community data. Standardised criteria were applied to case notes to establish diagnosis and detention under the act. SUBJECTS: 535 patients were identified, of whom 439 fulfilled ICD-10 criteria for psychosis.
main outcome measuresRisk of ever having been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, risk of detention under specific sections of the act during the study year, and risk of contact with forensic services for the different ethnic groups.
results439 patients with a psychotic illness were identified. Nearly half of the white patients had been detained under the act compared with 70% and 69% of black Caribbean and black African patients, respectively. Black Caribbean and black African patients were more likely than white patients to have been involuntarily detained (adjusted odds ratio 3.67; 95% confidence interval 2.07 to 6.50 and 2.88; 1.04 to 7.95, respectively). Rates of use of sections 2, 3 and 136 in the study year were higher for black than for white patients, and black patients were more likely than white patients to have been admitted to a psychiatric intensive care facility or prison.
conclusionIndependent of psychiatric diagnosis and sociodemographic differences, black African and black Caribbean patients with psychosis in south London were more likely than white patients to have ever been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.
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