Independent Member of the House of Lords; President of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists; and Emeritus Professor, Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, St George's, University of London, UK.
Specialty Trainee in Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
Br J Psychiatry. 2019 Nov;215(5):633-635. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2019.26.
Intellectual disability (also known as learning disability in UK health services) and autism are distinct from the serious mental illnesses for which the Mental Health Act is designed to be used. Their inclusion in the definition of mental disorder is discriminatory, resulting in unjust deprivations of liberty. Intellectual disability and autism should be excluded from the Mental Health Act.
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智力障碍（在英国医疗服务中也被称为学习障碍）和自闭症与《精神卫生法》旨在用于治疗的严重精神疾病不同。将其纳入精神障碍的定义是歧视性的，导致不公正的自由剥夺。智力障碍和自闭症应排除在《精神卫生法》之外。
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