UK Mental Health Act reform: implications for people with intellectual disabilities and autism

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“…Equally, however, it does not endorse the too-common practice of inappropriate and evidence-less prescribing that risks harm. In a linked editorial, Angela Hassiotis 3 notes that ‘it is likely that the umbrella term of behaviours that challenge has stifled debate and scientific enquiry into how best to support people with intellectual disabilities or autism’. She highlights the challenges specialist services face and how professionals can feel helpless in what to do once several cycles of behavioural approaches have been delivered.…”