title: Ethnic factors in voluntary and compulsory admissions.
abstract: Socio-demographic and clinical aspects of compulsory and informal admissions to general adult psychiatry wards over a two-year period are compared. In addition, Afro-Caribbean patients are compared with white UK-born patients. Relative rates of admission are examined. The study confirms other reports of greater than expected compulsory admissions of Afro-Caribbean patients and pays particular attention to the circumstances preceding compulsory entry to hospital and the persons and agencies involved in that process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Nottingham.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Owens
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boot
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044383:Black People; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014900:West Indies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology