Barriers to participation in mental health research are there specific gender, ethnicity and age related barriers.docVIP

Woodalletal.BMCPsychiatry2010,10:103 /1471-244X/10/103 RESEARCH ARTICLE OpenAccess Barrierstoparticipationinmentalhealth research:aretherespecificgender,ethnicity andagerelatedbarriers? AnnaWoodall1*,CraigMorgan2,ClaireSloan1,LouiseHoward1 Abstract Background:Itiswellestablishedthattheincidence,prevalenceandpresentationofmentaldisordersdifferby gender,ethnicityandage,andthereisevidencethatthereisalsodifferentialrepresentationinmentalhealth researchbythesecharacteristics.Theaimofthispaperistoa)reviewthecurrentliteratureonthenatureof barrierstoparticipationinmentalhealthresearch,withparticula