title: Mental health. Facing hard truths.
abstract: A survey of 104 mental health units found that half did not have policies on treatment of detained patients from black and ethnic minority groups. Almost three-quarters had no policy for dealing with racial harassment of black and ethnic-minority patients. 11 percent of patients whose notes were examined had reported racial harassment.
authors.affiliation: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Warner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nicholas
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019985:Benchmarking; D044383:Black People; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011287:Prejudice; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D006113:United Kingdom