SETTING UP PSYCHIATRIC-SERVICES - CROSS-CULTURAL ISSUES IN PLANNING AND DELIVERY

There is convincing evidence that in the UK, various ethnic minorities are overrepresented in psychiatric hospitals, prisons and special hos pitals. Various explanations have been put forward for this picture. T he expanding emphasis on community care means that models for looking after ethnic communities should be innovative and work from a bottom-u p approach. Psychiatric emphasis on clinical diagnoses means that serv ices are developed according to the diagnoses rather than needs.