Somehow I feel this is going to be bad news. Well, it is no secret to anyone that that there are a number of difficult issues when it comes to people from Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities accessing mental health services. These include language problems, racism and a fear and mistrust of services. Many people, especially in the Black African and Caribbean communities, don't believe mainstream services understand them, and so delay seeking help until in crisis, which means they may receive more coercive responses that in turn build mistrust.
What about young people? Not a lot has been done on this, hence this project - Minority Voices. YoungMinds researchers contacted young people aged 12 to 25 to report on their experiences and examined what child and adolescent mental health services are doing to reach out to BME young people. There was also an in-depth study of the situation in four areas.
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