Influence of prior contact with community mental health services on first inpatient psychiatric admission for ethnic minorities: Findings from the NOMIAC study.

Background: Research has extensively documented inequalities in inpatient psychiatric care provided to people of minoritized ethnic groups. Nonetheless, the role of their previous engagement with community mental health care has been little studied.

Aims: We aimed at exploring whether previous clinical care can influence key domains of subsequent psychiatric inpatient care for people of ethnic minorities.