The culturally sensitive alternative to in-patient care for women from African-Caribbean and Asian backgrounds with severe and enduring mental health problems
The Need:
“There does not appear to be a single area of mental health care in this country in which Black and minority ethnic groups fare as well as, or better than, the majority white population. Both in terms of service experience and the outcome of service interventions, they fare much worse than the people from the ethnic majority do.” *
Guidance received by Primary Care Trusts stresses that women from African-Caribbean and Asian communities are doubly disadvantaged through race and gender by mainstream mental health services that do not adequately cater for their needs.
* “Inside Outside - Improving Mental Health Services for Black and Ethnic Communities in England”: Department of Health.
The Solution:
Harriet Tubman House opened in the year 2000 to address the disadvantages experienced by African-Caribbean and Asian women in the mental health system.
We provide a culturally sensitive service for these women with severe and enduring mental health problems, working in partnership with the Health and Social Services who make the referral. The staff of Harriet Tubman House have developed a range of clinical skills for the benefit of the individual to suceed in their personal programme objectives.