Overview
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If you are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background, you may experience different rates of mental illness than the white population.
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Things like fear, stigma and lack of culturally sensitive treatment can act as barriers to accessing mental health care for people from BAME backgrounds.
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There are options available to help you overcome some of these barriers.
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You can get help if you’re having mental health issues. And if you have problems with your support and treatment there are ways to deal with this.
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AHM provides mental health support or services specifically to help people from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background.
What does Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) mean?
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Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) is currently used in the UK as a term to describe anyone from a non-white background. The term BAME includes people from a wide variety of ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds.
This definition includes but is not limited to:
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Black African and Black Caribbean people
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Asian and East Asian people
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People who are mixed race
According to the most recent Census, people from BAME backgrounds make up about 14% of the population in England and Wales.
We have used ‘Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic’ as an inclusive term for people who don’t identify as white. We have chosen to use the term BAME after consulting with people from a wide variety of backgrounds. But we know that there are different terms that people prefer to use to describe themselves.
