title: Institutional racism: an analysis of the mental health system.
abstract: Institutional racism is defined and its conceptual application to the institution of psychiatry and the mental health system is described. Data on changes in the patient population and the provision and utilization of mental health services since deinstitutionalization are examined. Mental health policy and diagnostic and treatment issues are identified as areas in which institutional racism affects minority groups.
authors.affiliation: Counseling and Personnel Services Department, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wade
mesh_terms: D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000639:trends; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008913:Minority Groups; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011287:Prejudice; D011379:Prognosis; D011822:Race Relations