Abstract
Results
Black people were less likely to be taking antidepressants than their white counterparts were (Odds ratio 0.4; 95 % confidence
interval 0.2–0.9) after controlling for symptom severity. After controlling for symptom severity and socioeconomic status,
people from black (0.7; 0.5–0.97) and South Asian (0.5; 0.3–0.8) ethnic groups were less likely to have contacted a GP about
their mental health in the last year.
interval 0.2–0.9) after controlling for symptom severity. After controlling for symptom severity and socioeconomic status,
people from black (0.7; 0.5–0.97) and South Asian (0.5; 0.3–0.8) ethnic groups were less likely to have contacted a GP about
their mental health in the last year.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-8
- DOI 10.1007/s00127-012-0565-y
- Authors
- Claudia Cooper, Department of Mental Health Sciences (Bloomsbury Campus), UCL, 67-73 Riding House Street, 2nd Floor, Charles Bell House, London, W1W 7EJ UK
- Nicola Spiers, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, 22-28 Princess Rd West, Leicester, LE1 6TP UK
- Gill Livingston, Department of Mental Health Sciences (Bloomsbury Campus), UCL, 67-73 Riding House Street, 2nd Floor, Charles Bell House, London, W1W 7EJ UK
- Rachel Jenkins, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Box P035, London, UK
- Howard Meltzer, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, 22-28 Princess Rd West, Leicester, LE1 6TP UK
- Terry Brugha, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, 22-28 Princess Rd West, Leicester, LE1 6TP UK
- Sally McManus, National Centre for Social Research, London, UK
- Scott Weich, Health Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
- Paul Bebbington, Department of Mental Health Sciences (Bloomsbury Campus), UCL, 67-73 Riding House Street, 2nd Floor, Charles Bell House, London, W1W 7EJ UK
- Journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Online ISSN 1433-9285
- Print ISSN 0933-7954