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Singh, Swaran P.. (2008) Black and minority ethnic people are more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 : no clear evidence why. Evidence-Based Mental Health, Vol.11 (No.61). ISSN 1362-0347
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebmh.11.2.61
Abstract
Question: Compared with White people, how frequently are people from Black and Minority Ethnic groups detained under the Mental Health Act 1983? Outcomes: Rates of compulsory detention under the Mental Health Act. METHODS Design: Systematic review with meta-analysis. Data sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, ASSIA, SIGLE, HMIC, Web of Science, Cochrane database and the National Research Register; 1984 to April 2005. CD-ROM for the British National Bibliography was also searched for relevant literature. Study selection and analysis: English language studies relating to compulsory detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 and including terms related to mental illness or forensic psychiatry, and with inclusion of 2 ethnic groups (any non-White). Odds of compulsory detention of people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups compared with White groups were combined using a fixed effects meta-analysis. Meta-regression was then used to explore reasons for heterogeneity between studies. It was based on subgroup analyses according to episode (first, second, etc), patient type (for example, civil or forensic), study quality, and year of publication. The authors then narratively discuss the possible theories for the difference in detention rates.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Minorities -- Mental health services -- Great Britain |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Evidence-Based Mental Health |
| Publisher: | BMJ Publishing Group |
| ISSN: | 1362-0347 |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Volume: | Vol.11 |
| Number: | No.61 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1136/ebmh.11.2.61 |
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
| Funder: | Great Britain. Dept. of Health (DoH) |
| References: | Singh SP, Greenwood N, White S, et al. Ethnicity and the Mental Health Act 1983: systematic review. Br J Psychiatry 2007;191:99–105. |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/234 |
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