This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Pipe, R. Articles by Hampstead, J. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Pipe, R. Articles by Hampstead, J. Pubmed/NCBI databases Medline Plus Health Information Mental Health Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

Section 136 and African/Afro-Caribbean Minorities

Springfield University Hospital, Glenburnie Road, London, SW17, UK

Ashok Bhat

St. George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17, UK

Barry Matthews

Springfield University Hospital

Judy Hampstead

Springfield University Hospital

Social, demographic and clinical information was collected retrospectively on all 99 people referred to a South London hospital in 1986 under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act (1983), this being the last complete year before local changes in the procedure for assessment of Section 136 cases were initiated. An over-represen tation of Afro-Caribbeans was confirmed and this seemed to be accounted for largely by young men under the age of 30 who with Africans had very high rates of previous Section 136 referral, were more likely to be perceived as threatening, incoherent and disturbed but less clearly diagnosed with a mental illness, and were more likely than the Caucasian sample to be living in stable accommodation. The implications of these results are discussed.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 37, No. 1, 14-23 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/002076409103700103


CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				K. Dein, P. S. Williams, and S. Dein Ethnic bias in the application of the Mental Health Act 1983 Advan. Psychiatr. Treat., September 1, 2007; 13(5): 350 - 357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				C. MORGAN, R. MALLETT, G. HUTCHINSON, H. BAGALKOTE, K. MORGAN, P. FEARON, P. DAZZAN, J. BOYDELL, K. McKENZIE, G. HARRISON, et al. Pathways to care and ethnicity. 1: Sample characteristics and compulsory admission: Report from the AeSOP study The British Journal of Psychiatry, April 1, 2005; 186(4): 281 - 289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. Tolmac and M. Hodes Ethnic variation among adolescent psychiatric in-patients with psychotic disorders The British Journal of Psychiatry, May 1, 2004; 184(5): 428 - 431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				D. Halpern and J. Nazroo The Ethnic Density Effect: Results From a National Community Survey of England and Wales International Journal of Social Psychiatry, March 1, 2000; 46(1): 34 - 46. [Abstract] [PDF]

				R. Bose Psychiatry and the Popular Conception of Possession Among the Bangladeshis in London International Journal of Social Psychiatry, March 1, 1997; 43(1): 1 - 15. [Abstract] [PDF]