Long-term segregation and seclusion for people with an intellectual disability and/or autism in hospitals: critique of the current state of affairs: commentary, Quinn et al

Quinn, A., Cavanagh, D., Kilcoyne, J., Haines‐Delmont, A., Ryan, S., Lodge, K. M., Bradley, E., Shalev, S., LAMB, N. J., Hassiotis, A., Memmott, A., Banks, R., Pellicano, E., & Pavlopoulou, G. (2025). Long-term segregation and seclusion for people with an intellectual disability and/or autism in hospitals: critique of the current state of affairs: commentary, Quinn et al. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 227(3), 643-645. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.53

Publication date: 24 Mar 2025 Added to AutiHub: 6 Jul 2026 Type: Article Article language: English

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