The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
Ethnic inequalities in compulsory psychiatric hospital detentions during UK COVID-19 lockdowns: regression discontinuity design in time study.
Rosanna Hildersley, Tassia K Oswald, Ioannis Bakolis, Laia Bécares, Alex Dregan, Jacqueline Dyer, Matthew Hotopf, Josephine Ocloo, Robert Stewart, Jayati Das-Munshi
Published: 202510.1192/bjp.2025.10346
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Ethnic inequalities in compulsory psychiatric hospital detentions are well-documented in the UK and internationally. It is unknown how UK coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown measures, which led to restrictions in public movement,…
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