Ethnicity
Our interest in these figures
We know that, in some parts of England, there is evidence of higher use of mental health legislation in some ethnic groups. Detention rates are higher amongst people of Black African or Caribbean ethnicity. We are interested to see if any ethnic group is over- or under-represented in Scottish data, so that the reasons for this might be explored and addressed.
What we found
We only have reliable information on ethnicity in 70% of cases. This is higher than last year but still not enough for us to be confident about findings. From the data available, we find no evidence of higher rates of compulsory treatment for any particular ethnic group. We are aiming to improve the information we have on this through a joint research project with the University of Edinburgh.
Annual reports
- directors introduction
- overview of the Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 introduction
- new orders granted in 2008-09
- total numbers of 2003 Act orders in existence
- monitoring our priority areas
- additional findings from our monitoring of mental health law
- our overview of the use of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000