Age Discrimination in Mental Health Services

Beecham, Jennifer, Knapp, Martin R J., Fernández, José-Luis, Huxley, Peter, Mangalore, Roshni, McCrone, Paul, Snell, Tom, Wittenberg, Raphael, Winter, Beth (2008) Age Discrimination in Mental Health Services. Personal Social Services Research Unit, 68 pp. (KAR id:13344)

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Abstract

The UK government is currently (June 2008) considering the introduction of legislation to outlaw age discrimination in the provision of public services. The Department of Health commissioned a short piece of research to explore the extent of age discrimination in mental health services.

Three broad issues are addressed in this report: inequalities between adult and older people’s mental health services; inequalities between adults and older people with mental health problems in their use of health and social care services; and knowledge about the likely single equalities legislation in current services and the possible costs of implementation. The report does not examine differences in outcomes

Item Type:	Research report (external)
Additional information:	PSSRU Discussion Paper 2536
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions:	Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Personal Social Services Research Unit
Funders:	Department of Health and Social Care (https://ror.org/03sbpja79)
Depositing User:	R. Bass
Date Deposited:	17 Apr 2009 14:51 UTC
Last Modified:	12 Jul 2022 10:39 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/13344 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
Beecham, Jennifer:	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5147-3383

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