Health body says “black people are naturally mad”

Mental health professionals are outraged after the Institute of Psychiatry concluded there was no evidence of racism.

A report by the body claimed Africans and Caribbeans suffer from even higher rates of schizophrenia than statistics suggest.

Lee Jasper, chair of the African Caribbean Mental Health Commission, rejected the findings. ‘We are seeing racism on an industrial scale in the mental health service.

‘When you look at the staggering disproportionality of representation within the service then I think there is no other credible explanation to this problem than institutional racism.’

denial

Professor Robin Murray from the Institute of Psychiatry has denied existence of racism in mental health for many years. Now he has released a report that fits his predetermined position.

Prof Swaran Singh: ‘We need to move away from the blame game.’

Prof Murray’s views have been regarded as controversial, but now he has gained support from Black and Asian professionals who are joining him in denying racism

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