Modes of referral of overseas immigrant and native-born first admissions to psychiatric hospital
PJ Hitch, P Clegg�- Social Science & Medicine. Part A: Medical Psychology�…, 1980 - Elsevier
Abstract Comparison was made of patterns of referral of first admissions to psychiatric
hospital in a city in the North of England. The groups compared were: native-born, New
Commonwealth-born and foreign-born. Police and social workers were involved in the
referral of New Commonwealth-born to a significantly greater extent than with the other
groups. This finding applied across the range of diagnostic categories, and was not
necessarily associated with compulsory admission. It was hypothesized that the pattern was�…
hospital in a city in the North of England. The groups compared were: native-born, New
Commonwealth-born and foreign-born. Police and social workers were involved in the
referral of New Commonwealth-born to a significantly greater extent than with the other
groups. This finding applied across the range of diagnostic categories, and was not
necessarily associated with compulsory admission. It was hypothesized that the pattern was�…