ABSTRACT
Mental health has long been a feature of the broader debates about ethnicity and health. It is an area where there has been considerable activity, although this has not always been for the benefit of minority ethnic populations. This chapter outlines the extent of mental health problems amongst people of South Asian origin living in the UK, possible determinants of their psychiatric morbidity and an overview of how the mental healthcare needs of this community are being addressed within current provisions of the NHS. In doing so, the chapter applies many of the ideas presented in Chapter 2 and identifies a number of key theo retical and empirical issues which, it is argued, are relevant when considering the mental health needs of people of South Asian origin living in the UK, especially within primary care.
