Owens D, Harrison G, Boot D
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Nottingham.
Psychol Med. 1991 Feb;21(1):185-96. doi: 10.1017/s003329170001477x.
Socio-demographic and clinical aspects of compulsory and informal admissions to general adult psychiatry wards over a two-year period are compared. In addition, Afro-Caribbean patients are compared with white UK-born patients. Relative rates of admission are examined. The study confirms other reports of greater than expected compulsory admissions of Afro-Caribbean patients and pays particular attention to the circumstances preceding compulsory entry to hospital and the persons and agencies involved in that process.
