Why are ethnic minorities more likely than

[sharifjunaid]

the general population to suffer from mental health problems? Department of Health, GB: "One in five mental health in-patients comes from a black and minority ethnic (BME) background, compared to about one in ten of the population as a whole"http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Policyandguidance/Healthandsocialcaretopics/Mentalhealth/BMEmentalhealth/index.htm

[ericabishop691]

hmmm. Timothey mc veigh, Lee harvey oswald, Hitler. All white, all crazy. Next question, please.

[Andrew1968]

i disagree with your statement everyone walks a fine line between mental stability everyday and the ethnic minorities as you call them are just the same as the majority!

[bigmuddie2001]

Mental health problems are not unique to minorities. It is their access to health care or lack there of, at an early age where identification of the early onset of mental illness can be found. You also must look at the social norms of some of the subgroups to see how these people view mental illness. Many cultural subgroups believe that mental illness brings dishonor or even bad luck if a family member is known to be mentally unstable.So while you may be correct that it appears that the minorities suffer more mental illness, other factors are involved that dry statics cannot tell us.

[hari prasad]

here it is a case of vice versa

[quierounvaquero]

There is a disproportionate number of ethnic minority people in menal health facilities (including prison ones) in the UK. They are indeed more likely to suffer mental health problems. Also, they suffer higher rates of poverty in the UK.However, I must stress that it has nothing to do with race/ethnicity (well in certain situations I suppose ethnicity could be a factor, but never race, and no, they are not the same thing). It's social factors surrounding ethnic/racial factors.