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DOI: 10.1177/1363461505055624 Multicultural Mental Health Services: Projects for Minority Ethnic Communities in EnglandUniversity of Kent at Canterbury, sumanfernando{at}btinternet.com Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities form 7.8% of the total population of the UK. Many of these communities face a variety of disadvantages when they access, or are forced to access, statutory mental health services under the National Health Service. Efforts have been made to address these problems by developing projects both within statutory mental health services and in the non-governmental (voluntary) sector. This article describes some of these projects located in England, drawing out the themes and models that underlie their approaches, and discusses the lessons that can be learned from the U.K. experience.
Key Words: ethnic minorities inequality multicultural NGOs racism
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