In an experimental study, the association between General Practitioners’ individual, interpersonal, and organisational factors and the differences between medical decisions affecting a depressed patient with or without a migration background was assessed. Using one of two video vignettes featuring adult male depressed patients (with or without a migration background), the researchers found ethnic differences in General Practitioners’ decisions regarding diagnosis and treatment recommendations. In the Conclusions was reported that “lower levels of trust among GPs’ towards their migrant patients and high GP workloads contribute to an increased ethnic bias in medical decision-making”, and it was stressed that “This may perpetuate ethnic inequalities in mental health care”.
Ethnic inequalities in mental health care
