Race and Mental Health Inequality in the UK

Dr Jacqui Dyer MBE shares the realities and experiences of African and Carribbean communities receiving mental health care services. She outlines how western approaches to mental health are often not culturally appropriate and how people of African and Caribbean heritage are less likely to be offered psychological therapies compared with white patients despite NICE guidelines. She emphasises the importance of the lived experience and patient voice in the design of healthcare services.