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Ethnic factors in voluntary and compulsory admissions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

D. Owens ,
G. Harrison  and
D. Boot
D. Owens
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Nottingham
G. Harrison*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Nottingham
D. Boot
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Nottingham
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr G. Harrison, Academic Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH.
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Synopsis

Socio-demographic and clinical aspects of compulsory and informal admissions to general adult psychiatry wards over a two-year period are compared. In addition, Afro-Caribbean patients are compared with white UK-born patients. Relative rates of admission are examined. The study confirms other reports of greater than expected compulsory admissions of Afro-Caribbean patients and pays particular attention to the circumstances preceding compulsory entry to hospital and the persons and agencies involved in that process.

Type
Original Articles
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1991 , pp. 185 - 196
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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