Mental health: ethnic minority experiences

Profiles - Aged 40 - 49

Niabingi - Interview 01

Active service user; single. Ethnic background/nationality: Black-Caribbean (British born)

Reena - Interview 07

Does voluntary work, married with 3 adult children and four children under 18. Ethnic background/nationality: Bangladeshi (born in Bangladesh); in UK for 33 years.

Devon - Interview 12

Entertainer, married with 1 adult child and 7 stepchildren. Ethnic background/nationality: Afro-Caribbean (born Jamaica); in UK for 42 years.

Rehana - Interview 18

Housewife, married with two adult children. Ethnic background/nationality: Pakistani (born in Pakistan); in UK for 27 years.

Terri - Interview 24

Unemployed, single with 1 child. Ethnic background/nationality: Black-British (born UK).

Imani - Interview 26

Community development worker, divorced. Ethnic background/nationality: African-Caribbean (UK born).

Jay - Interview 27

Voluntary development coordinator, single with 2 adult children. Ethnic background/nationality: Black-British (born UK).

Sarah - Interview 28

Housewife, married with 2 adult children and 2 younger children. Ethnic background/nationality: Chinese (born in China).

Michael - Interview 31

Single. Ethnic background/nationality: European Ashkenazi (Jewish) (born in UK).

Hanif - Interview 30

Policy advisor in voluntary sector, married with 2 adult children and 1 younger child. Ethnic background/nationality: Indian (born in India); in UK for 25 years.