{"title":"Ethnic minority patients: access to mental health services and pathways","authors":"Susham Gupta, Dinesh Bhugra","doi":"10.1016/j.mppsy.2009.06.006","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pathways into psychiatric care are determined by a number of factors. These include cultural explanations of illness, systems of healthcare and resources available. Of these, explanatory models of illness are perhaps the most significant. Patients from ethnic minorities may also feel that they are prejudiced against. Clinicians, therefore, must be aware of potential obstacles into healthcare.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":88653,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry (Abingdon, England)","volume":"8 9","pages":"Pages 363-364"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.mppsy.2009.06.006","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Psychiatry (Abingdon, England)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476179309001165","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Pathways into psychiatric care are determined by a number of factors. These include cultural explanations of illness, systems of healthcare and resources available. Of these, explanatory models of illness are perhaps the most significant. Patients from ethnic minorities may also feel that they are prejudiced against. Clinicians, therefore, must be aware of potential obstacles into healthcare.