title: Psychotropic medication and ethnicity: an inpatient survey.
abstract: A survey of the catchment area psychiatric inpatient population of the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals showed that more black (Afro Caribbean) than non-black (white British) patients received anti-psychotic medication. This finding ceased to be significant after adjustment for diagnosis because a larger proportion of black than non black patients received a diagnosis of schizophrenia. However, after adjustment for diagnosis, black patients were significantly more likely to be receiving depot anti-psychotic medication, to be detained under a section and to have been involved in a violent incident during the present admission. There were no significant ethnic differences in total dose equivalents of anti-psychotic medication but doses of the depot form were significantly higher for black patients.
authors.affiliation: Section of Epidemiology and General Practice, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moodley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000639:trends; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012919:Social Behavior; D014754:Violence
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs