Demographics and psychiatry

Question 1

Ethnic groups with the highest rates of psychiatric admission

Answer 1

Black

Question 2

Ethnic groups with the lowest rates of psychiatric admission

Answer 2

White British
Indian
Chinese

Question 3

Ethnic groups with the highest rate of mental illness in the UK

Answer 3

Black African
Black Caribbean

Question 4

Ethnic groups with higher than average rates of detention

Answer 4

Black

Question 5

Ethnic groups with higher than average rates of seclusion

Answer 5

Black

Question 6

Suggested reasons for higher rates of psychiatric admission, detention and seclusion among Black patients

Answer 6

Higher rates of mental illness
Systemic racism within healthcare settings

Question 7

Percentage of Europeans with mental health problems who have attended general practitioners in the past year

Answer 7

33%

Question 8

Percentage of Europeans with mental health problems who have seen a psychiatrist in the last year

Answer 8

21%

Question 9

UK study which estimated the difference incidence of psychosis among different ethnic groups in the UK in Bristol, South East London and Nottingham

Answer 9

AESOP

Question 10

Percentage of patients seen in primary care who have a major depressive disorder

Answer 10

5-10%

Question 11

Ethnic group in the UK with the highest incidence of Bipolar affective disorder according to the AESOP study

Answer 11

Black Caribbean

Question 12

Average lag time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis of depression

Answer 12

3 years

Question 13

Mean number of episodes of depression in patients with lifetime major depressive disorder

Answer 13

5

Question 14

Percentage of healthy British people who experience auditory hallucinations

Answer 14

4%

Question 15

Demographic factors which increase the chance of delay in seeking psychiatric treatment

Answer 15

Living in a developing country
Earlier age of onset of symptoms
Being >65 years old
Being male

Question 16

ONS socio-economic classes

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Proportion of adults in the UK who will experience an episode of mental illness in their lifetime

Answer 17

1 in 4

Question 18

Proportion of adults in the UK living with a mental illness at any one time

Answer 18

1 in 6

Question 19

Proportion of patients with a depressive episode that develop a chronic course of the illness

Answer 19

1 in 10

Question 20

Proportion of adults >65 living in the community who have depression at any given time

Answer 20

1 in 7