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Psychiatry of old age and ethnic minority older people in the United Kingdom

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2009

Ajit Shah
Ajit Shah*
Affiliation:
International School for Communities, Rights and Inclusion, University of Central Lancashire, Preston and West London Mental Health NHS Trust, London, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Professor Ajit Shah, John Connolly Unit, West London Mental Health NHS Trust, Uxbridge Road, Southall, Middlesex UB1 3EU. Email: ajit.shah@wlmht.nhs.uk
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Summary

This review examines the demographic changes, the epidemiology of mental disorders and suicides, the potential risk and protective factors, access to secondary care old age psychiatry services (OAPSs) and the policy context pertaining to older people from ethnic minority groups in the United Kingdom. The number of older people from ethnic minority groups is increasing. The prevalence of mental disorders in older people from ethnic minority groups is either similar to or higher than that in the indigenous population. Therefore, the number of older people from ethnic minority groups with psychiatric morbidity is also increasing. Ethnic minority older people also have inequity of access to secondary care OAPSs. There is an urgent need to develop and implement practical strategies to improve access by older people from ethnic minority groups to OAPSs.

Keywords

Old age psychiatrypsychogeriatricsdementiadepressionethnic minorityblack and ethnic minority
Type
Neuropsychiatry of old age
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , May 2009 , pp. 119 - 134
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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