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The potential unintended consequences of Mental Health Act reforms in England and Wales on people with intellectual disability and/or autism: commentary, author response, Tromans et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2024

Samuel Tromans Open the ORCID record for Samuel Tromans [Opens in a new window] ,
Indermeet Sawhney  and
Rohit Shankar Open the ORCID record for Rohit Shankar [Opens in a new window]
Samuel Tromans*
Affiliation:
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK; and Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
Indermeet Sawhney
Affiliation:
Faculty of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK; and Learning Disability Services, Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Hatfield, UK
Rohit Shankar
Affiliation:
Faculty of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK; Peninsula School of Medicine, University of Plymouth, UK; and Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Truro, UK
*
Correspondence: Samuel Tromans. Email: [email protected]
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Autistic spectrum disordershuman rightsin-patient treatmentintellectual disabilitypsychiatry and law
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 225 , Issue 3 , September 2024 , pp. 414 - 415
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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