title: Ethnicity and coercion among involuntarily detained psychiatric in-patients.
abstract: We assessed whether adult Black and minority ethnic (BME) patients detained for involuntary psychiatric treatment experienced more coercion than similar White patients. We found no evidence of this from patient interviews or from hospital records. The area (mental health trust) where people were treated was strongly associated with both the experience of coercion and the recording of a coercive measure in their records. Regarding charges of institutional racism in psychiatry, this study highlights the importance of investigating the role of area characteristics when assessing the relationship between ethnicity and patient management.
authors.affiliation: Academic Unit of Psychiatry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. O.M.Bennewith@bristol.ac.uk
authors.forename: Olive
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bennewith
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amos
authors.forename: Glyn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Katsakou
authors.forename: Til
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wykes
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morriss
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Priebe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology; D044383:Black People / Q000208:ethnology; D003068:Coercion; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D011287:Prejudice; D006113:United Kingdom; D044465:White People