Four years after an independent review of the Mental Health Act made recommendations to address the number of Black people being detained, little has changed.

Racial inequality & mental health: what is being done?

Punitive treatment at the hands of the Mental Health Act leads many Black people to avoid approaching services until their mental health has severely deteriorated

We need to think carefully about who is perceived as threatening, a danger to themselves and others, and the ways that that perception creates significantly more danger for Black people

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Black people are currently almost five times as likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act than white people. That needs to change.

The UK’s mental health system is rife with racial inequality – so where is the action?