Pauline Rivart summarises a national cohort study of ethnicity and suicide in England and Wales, which presents a “paradoxical finding of a lower rate of suicide in almost all minority ethnic groups compared with the White British majority”.
[read the full story...]Barriers to mental health services among British Bangladeshi men
Elisha Joshi considers a qualitative study focusing on the experiences of British Bangladeshi men accessing mental health support in the UK.
[read the full story...]Improving diversity in research: Learning from the perspectives of minority communities in the UK
Nagina Khan and Nina Higson-Sweeney summarise the qualitative findings from the REPRESENT study, which explored the experiences and attitudes of minority groups in the East Midlands towards health and social care research.
[read the full story...]“Let me see a therapist”: mental health support for asylum seekers and refugees
KCL Masters student Daniella Mousicos summarises a qualitative study exploring whether asylum seekers and refugees are provided with appropriate mental health support in Brighton and Hove.
[read the full story...]Mental healthcare for ethnic minority groups: a call for substantial change
KCL Masters student Xinxin Qiu discusses a recent study about improving mental healthcare access and experiences for ethnically minoritised people in the UK.
[read the full story...]How do Black and South Asian women experience perinatal mental health services?
KCL Masters student Madeline Katta-Worae considers a UK qualitative study of perinatal mental health services, which explores the experiences of ethnically minoritised women.
[read the full story...]From mother to child: the role of racism and trauma in the intergenerational transmission of depression
Lisa Lloyd and Krupa Sheth summarise a study investigating the role of racism and trauma on the intergenerational transmission of depression between Black mothers and their children.
[read the full story...]Adverse childhood experiences increase the risk of juvenile reoffending
In Athena Chow’s debut blog, she summarises a systematic review and meta-analysis on the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and risk of juvenile reoffending.
[read the full story...]Care or punishment? Black service users’ experiences of inpatient mental health care under detention
Ian Cummins summarises findings from a recent qualitative study by Solanki et al. (2023), which explores the experiences of individuals from Black Ethnic backgrounds detained under the Mental Health Act (1983).
[read the full story...]How racism, xenophobia and discrimination impact our health: the #LancetSeries
Jon Paul Teo considers the recently published Lancet Series that brings together evidence on how racism, xenophobia and discrimination can impact on our health.
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