Ethnicity and the Mental Health Act 1983: Systematic review

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 191, Issue AUG., 2007, Pages 99-105

  Singh, Swaran P ^a   Greenwood, Nan ^b   White, Sarah ^b   Churchill, Rachel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH ACT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOSIS; RACISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ODDS RATIO; PREJUDICE;

EID: 34547629232     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.030346     Document Type: Article

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