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The Compulsory Detention of Males of Different Ethnic Groups, with Special Reference to Offender Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D. McGovern  and
R. Cope
D. McGovern*
Affiliation:
Barnsley Hall Hospital
R. Cope
Affiliation:
Barnsley Hall Hospital
*
∗Barnsley Hall Hospital, Bromsgrove B61 0EX
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Abstract

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.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 4 , April 1987 , pp. 505 - 512
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Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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