Two more elephants in the room: autistic psychiatrists and autistic shame

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Doherty, M., Rebowska, A., Grosjean, B., Kinnear, M., Dakin, C., Porter, S., Sadiq, K., Greeter, S., Henderson, J., Wijetilleka, S., Hill, H., Rabenstein, K., & Mayer, L. (2026). Two more elephants in the room: autistic psychiatrists and autistic shame. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2026.10734

Publication date: 10 Aug 2026 Added to AutiHub: 16 Aug 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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Authors

Publication authors
13
Publication authors identified as autistic
4 / 13 (30.8%)
  1. Mary Doherty *
  2. Anna Rebowska
  3. Bernadette Grosjean *
  4. Malcolm Kinnear *
  5. Catherine Dakin *
  1. Sam Porter
  2. Khurram Sadiq
  3. Stacy Greeter
  4. James Henderson
  5. Sajini Wijetilleka
  1. Hannah Hill
  2. Kai Rabenstein
  3. Linda Mayer

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Cited bibliography overview

These indicators describe the bibliography cited by this publication. An author name is counted each time it appears in one cited reference, so the same person can be counted more than once. Names not yet linked to an author already present in AutiHub are treated as unknown, not as non-autistic. Last computed: 2 Oct 2026 11:55.

Cited references
9
With a DOI
6
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
3
5 / 9 (55.6%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
1 / 9 (11.1%)
References with detected author names
8 / 9 (88.9%)
Without detected author names
1
Without a structured title
1
Without a stable identifier
3
References with raw author names still to review
0
References with external metadata lookup issues
0
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Author names detected in the cited bibliography
29
From DOI or external metadata
29
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
5
26 / 29 (89.7%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 3 / 29 (10.3%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
12 / 29 (41.4%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 12 / 26 (46.2%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 7 / 23 (30.4%).
  1. F. Davidoff (2002). Shame: the elephant in the room . BMJ, 324(7338), 623-624. BMJ.
    Type: Article DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7338.623 OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/W1978970163
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  2. (n.d.). 7 Doherty, M, Chown, N, Martin, N, Grosjean, B, Chaplin, E. Autistic Psychiatrists: Silenced by Shame. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, 2025 ( https://posters.psychiatryonline.org/psych/2025/annual-meeting/4187845/mary.doherty.autistic.psychiatrists.silenced.by.shame.an.interpretive.html ).
    Type: Other
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  6. Goffman (1963). Stigma; Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity . Stigma; Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity.
    Type: Other
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  9. Doherty (2026). Autistic shame: reflections on an under-recognised determinant of autistic mental health . PsyArXiv.
    Type: Preprint
    Crossref