Table 3.
Use of the Mental Health Act (MHA) by ethnicity and by diagnosis
| Diagnosis | Ethnicity | No use of MHA | Use of MHA (%) | OR | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | P (χ2) | P (Fisher’s exact test) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychosis | White | 23 | 10 (30) | 1.0 | ||||
| Black | 61 | 79 (56) | 3.0 | 1.3 | 6.7 | 0.01 | ||
| Asian | 8 | 1 (11) | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.40 | ||
| Other | 12 | 16 (57) | 3.1 | 1.1 | 8.8 | 0.03 | ||
| Total | 104 | 106 (50) | ||||||
| Non-psychosis | White | 87 | 21 (19) | 1.0 | ||||
| Black | 57 | 17 (23) | 1.2 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 0.57 | ||
| Asian | 3 | 1 (25) | 1.4 | 0.1 | 14.0 | 1.00 | ||
| Other | 28 | 11 (28) | 1.6 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 0.27 | ||
| Total | 175 | 50 (22) | ||||||
| All diagnoses | Total | 279 | 156 (36) |