Excluding autism or excluding everything? The problem of broad definitions in the England and Wales Draft Mental Health Bill

The recent Draft Mental Health Bill for England and Wales proposes changes to the Mental Health Act 1983 which will include, for the first time, a legal definition of autism. This article explores the specific potential issue that the definition, owing to its breadth, potentially encompasses a numbe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peter Beazley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press
Series:BJPsych Bulletin
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056469423000608/type/journal_article