Ethnic inequalities in the use of secondary and tertiary mental health services among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 530-535

  Fernandez de la Cruz, Lorena ^a,b,c   Llorens, Marta ^a   Jassi, Amita ^b   Krebs, Georgina ^a   Vidal Ribas, Pablo ^a   Radua, Joaquim ^a   Hatch, Stephani L ^a   Bhugra, Dinesh ^a   Heyman, Isobel ^a   Clark, Bruce ^a   Mataix Cols, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BANGLADESHI; BLACK PERSON; BRITISH ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PAKISTANI; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGISTER; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONDON; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; REGISTRIES; SECONDARY CARE CENTERS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84949818859     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.154062     Document Type: Article

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