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Diversity And Mental Health
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In this Community Chest interview, Dominik speaks with Chris Mitchell, Melba Wilson, and Paul Johnson about diversity in mental health care. The discussion focuses on the 'Dilemmas in Diversity' conference in Norwich and the overrepresentation of black and mixed race individuals in custody. Melba Wilson also outlines the DRE five-year action plan and addresses the disproportionate rate of psychiatric facility admissions for BME communities.
In this Community Chest interview, Dominik speaks with Chris Mitchell, Melba Wilson, and Paul Johnson regarding diversity in mental health care. Chris Mitchell discusses the 'Dilemmas in Diversity' one-day conference in Norwich, which views diversity dilemmas as opportunities to inform practice. The conversation covers the overrepresentation of black and mixed race individuals in prisons and mental health custody. Melba Wilson outlines the DRE five-year action plan, which focuses on working with communities, developing responsive services, and using information for service development to reduce compulsory detention and inappropriate admissions for black and minority ethnic communities.
Topics
- Diversity and ethnic representation in mental health services
- The DRE five-year action plan
- Disproportionate institutionalization of BME individuals
Participants
- Dominik
- Chris Mitchell
- Melba Wilson
- Paul Johnson
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The individual in all that they bring, and very often, you know, as has been mentioned here on many occasions, the individual is the expert in in being able to address what their needs are.
Once they do begin to use them, that we'll have fewer inappropriate admissions from people from black and minority ethnic communities. That there'll be less use of compulsory detention. That there'll be better and higher recovery rates with.
Say their needs are not well understood, so that's why the DRE program is saying let's let's bring in the community intelligence in relation to working trying to meet the needs better, so so that you'll know that a manifestation of how somebody experiences an illness is.