Assessing needs for psychiatric treatment in prisoners: 3. Comparison of care received by black and minority ethnic prisoners and by white prisoners

Assessing needs for psychiatric treatment in prisoners: 3. Comparison of care received by black and minority ethnic prisoners and by white prisoners

Purpose To investigate to what extent mental health treatment needs are met in white and black and minority ethnic (BME) prisoners. Methods Treatment needs of a random sample of male ( n  = 197) and female ( n  = 171) prisoners were assessed with standardised instruments. Interventions provided were...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2019-07, Vol.54 (7), p.883-886
Hauptverfasser: McKenzie, Nigel, Killaspy, Helen, Jakobowitz, Sharon, Faranak, Hamidi, Bebbington, Paul
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Alcohol abuse
Alcoholism
Analysis
Brief Report
Epidemiology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Mental health
Minority & ethnic groups
Prisoners
Psychiatric services
Psychiatry
Psychotherapy
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose To investigate to what extent mental health treatment needs are met in white and black and minority ethnic (BME) prisoners. Methods Treatment needs of a random sample of male ( n  = 197) and female ( n  = 171) prisoners were assessed with standardised instruments. Interventions provided were confirmed through face-to-face interviews and case note review. Results BME prisoners comprised 44% of participants. Treatment for depression, personality disorder and alcohol abuse was more often needed by White than BME prisoners. Needs were more frequently met in White than BME prisoners (48.5% vs 38.2%; p  
ISSN:0933-7954
1433-9285
DOI:10.1007/s00127-019-01663-4