Two more elephants in the room: autistic psychiatrists and autistic shame
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
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10 Aug 2026
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