Objectives: To present the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of patients referred
to a New Zealand early intervention for psychosis service and to describe the pathways to …

BackgroundThe Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme aims to
provide equitable access to therapy for common mental disorders. In the UK, inequalities by …

Background The incidence of psychotic disorders is elevated in some minority ethnic
populations. However, we know little about the outcome of psychoses in these populations …

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine patterns of service utilization in the public
mental health service in the Australian state of Victoria. Lifetime contact with the public …

Differences in health service use between ethnic groups have been well documented, but
little research has been conducted on inequalities in access to mental health services …

Background Substantial ethnic variations have been found in incidence, pathways to care
and outcomes in psychosis. It is unknown whether these remain as marked in the presence …

BackgroundAn excess of psychotic illness in Black people has been found in cross-sectional
studies. Little is known about the outcome of psychosis in different ethnic groups in the UK …

Background Measurable differences in the experience and treatment of mental health
conditions have been found to exist between different racial categories of community …

Objective: This study aimed to examine access to mental health care for people from non-
English-speaking backgrounds relative to that of people from English-speaking …

Background People from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds are over-
represented in compulsory admissions to hospital but little is known about whether this also …