Hostname: page-component-77c89778f8-5wvtr Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-16T19:45:26.087Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Ethnic group and other characteristics of patients referred to a low secure mental health service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2008

M Dominic Beer ,
Jane Moore  and
David Masterson
M Dominic Beer*
Affiliation:
Consultant Psychiatrist in Challenging Behaviour and Psychiatric Intensive Care, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in South East London and Honorary Senior Lecturer Institute of Psychiatry, University of London
Jane Moore
Affiliation:
Head of Clinical Audit, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
David Masterson
Affiliation:
Clinical Audit Facilitator, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
*
Correspondence to: M Dominic Beer, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Bracton Centre, Bracton Lane, Dartford, Kent DA2 7AF; E-mail: [email protected]
Get access

Abstract

This longitudinal audit aimed to determine the ethnic groups and other characteristics of patients referred to a Low Secure Unit in South East London over a period of 9 years between 1997 and 2005. The data provide a picture of the characteristics of those most likely to be referred to a Low Secure Unit, and highlights an over-representation of Black Caribbean and Black African people. Discussion is provided for this latter finding.

Keywords

Low Secure Unitmental healthchallenging behaviourethnic group
Type
Original Article
Information
Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care , Volume 4 , Issue 1-2 , December 2008 , pp. 29 - 33
Copyright
Copyright © NAPICU 2008

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (2007) Count Me In: Results of the 2006 National Census of Inpatients in Mental Health and Learning Disability Services in England and Wales. London: Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection.Google Scholar
Morgan, C., Kirkbride, J. and Leff, J. (2007) Parental separation, loss and psychosis in different ethnic groups: A case-control study. Psychological Medicine. 37: 495–503.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Murray, R.M. and Fearon, P. (2007) Searching for racists under the psychiatric bed: Commentary on Institutional racism in psychiatry. Psychiatric Bulletin. 31: 365–366.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
National Statistics (2003) Census 2001: National Report for England and Wales. London: Stationery Office Books.Google Scholar
Pereira, S., Dawson, P. and Sarsam, M. (2006) The National Survey of PICU and Low Secure Services: 1. Patient characteristics. Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care. 2(1):7–12.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sashidharan, S.P. (2003) Inside Outside: Improving Mental Health Services for Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in England. London: DH.Google Scholar
Singh, S.P., Greenwood, N., White, S. and Churchill, R. (2007) Ethnicity and the Mental Health Act 1983. Systematic review. British Journal of Psychiatry. 191: 99–105.CrossRefGoogle Scholar