On racism and mental illness
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Racism and Mental Illness in the UK
There is substantial evidence of differential outcomes for different racial and ethnic groups in many health, social and economic arenas in the United Kingdom today, ranging from dis‐ ease prevalence and outcome, hiring and promotion in the labour workforce, to loan appro‐ vals in mortgage lending, to rate of arrest and detention in the criminal justice system. These disparities – and others – ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatric Bulletin
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0955-6036,1472-1473
DOI: 10.1192/pb.23.3.136