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"I was an Autistic psychiatric inpatient: Here’s what I would change in the mental health system "

Autistic people are exposed to inordinately high rates of trauma and mistreatment. It is unsurprising then that a large portion of us develop mental health struggles. Where there are concerns around mental health, there are also issues regarding inpatient treatment, both voluntary and involuntary, under the UK’s Mental Health Act.

https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/07/27/i-was-an-autistic-psychiatric-inpatient-heres-what-i-would-change-in-the-mental-health-system/

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