Pathways to care and ethnicity. 1: Sample characteristics and compulsory admission.
The British journal of psychiatry
; 186(4): 281-289, Apr 2005. tab
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Localização: TT5; W1, BR616
ABSTRACT
Background Many studies have found high levels of compulsory admission to psychiatric hospital in the UK among AfricanCaribbean and Black African patients with a psychotic illness. Aims To establish whether AfricanCaribbean and Black African ethnicity is associated with compulsory admission in an epidemiological sample of patients with a first episode of psychosis drawn from two UK centres. Method All patients with a firstepisode of psychosis who made contact with psychiatric services over a 2-year period and were living in defined areas were included in the (ÆSOP)study. For this analysis we included all White British, other White, AfricanCaribbean and Black African patients from the ÆSOP sampling frame. Clinical, socio-demographic and pathways to care data were collected frompatients, relatives and case notes. Results AfricanCaribbean patients were significantly more likely to be compulsorily admitted than White British patients, as were Black African patients. AfricanCaribbean men were the most likely to be compulsorily admitted. Conclusions These findings suggest that factors are operating at or prior to first presentation to increase the risk of compulsory admission among AfricanCaribbean and Black African patients.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Transtornos Psicóticos
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Região do Caribe
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População Negra
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Hospitais Psiquiátricos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
The British journal of psychiatry
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article