Pathways to care and ethnicity. 1: Sample characteristics and compulsory admission
The British journal of psychiatry
; 186: 281-289, April 2005. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: med-17375
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TT5
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 first episode 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 from patients, 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.CONCLUSION:
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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Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Admissão do Paciente
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Psiquiatria
/
Etnicidade
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
The British journal of psychiatry
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Institute of Psychiatry/United Kingdom
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Royal Free and University College Medical School/United Kingdom
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Univeristy of the West Indies/Trinidad and Tobago
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University of Bristol/United Kingdom
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University of Cambridge/United Kingdom
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University of Nottingham/United Kingdom