Demographics and psychiatry Flashcards
Ethnic groups with the highest rates of psychiatric admission
Black
Ethnic groups with the lowest rates of psychiatric admission
White British
Indian
Chinese
Ethnic groups with the highest rate of mental illness in the UK
Black African
Black Caribbean
Ethnic groups with higher than average rates of detention
Black
Ethnic groups with higher than average rates of seclusion
Black
Suggested reasons for higher rates of psychiatric admission, detention and seclusion among Black patients
Higher rates of mental illness
Systemic racism within healthcare settings
Percentage of Europeans with mental health problems who have attended general practitioners in the past year
33%
Percentage of Europeans with mental health problems who have seen a psychiatrist in the last year
21%
UK study which estimated the difference incidence of psychosis among different ethnic groups in the UK in Bristol, South East London and Nottingham
AESOP
Percentage of patients seen in primary care who have a major depressive disorder
5-10%
Ethnic group in the UK with the highest incidence of Bipolar affective disorder according to the AESOP study
Black Caribbean
Average lag time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis of depression
3 years
Mean number of episodes of depression in patients with lifetime major depressive disorder
5
Percentage of healthy British people who experience auditory hallucinations
4%
Demographic factors which increase the chance of delay in seeking psychiatric treatment
Living in a developing country
Earlier age of onset of symptoms
Being >65 years old
Being male
ONS socio-economic classes
Higher managerial, administrative and professional
Lower managerial, administrative and professional
Intermediate
Small employers and account workers
Lower supervisory and technical
Semi-routine
Routine
Never worked or long term unemployed
Proportion of adults in the UK who will experience an episode of mental illness in their lifetime
1 in 4
Proportion of adults in the UK living with a mental illness at any one time
1 in 6
Proportion of patients with a depressive episode that develop a chronic course of the illness
1 in 10
Proportion of adults >65 living in the community who have depression at any given time
1 in 7
