The compulsory detention of males of different ethnic groups, with special reference to offender patients.
Compulsory detention rates of white, West Indian and Asian males under Part IV and Part V (offenders) of the 1959 Mental Health Act were compared: British-born West Indians and Asians were differentiated from migrants. Rates for Asians were similar to those for whites, but West Indians were significantly over-represented amongst compulsory detentions, especially as offender patients. A high total number of admissions and diagnostic differences accounted for the excess of West Indians admitted under Part IV, but not Part V.
McGovern
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Barnsley Hall Hospital, Bromsgrove.
Cope
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D003415:Crime; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D014900:West Indies / Q000208:ethnology