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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

Part of: BJPsych Features: Segregation and Seclusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2025

Alexis Quinn ,
Dawn E. Cavanagh Open the ORCID record for Dawn E. Cavanagh [Opens in a new window] ,
Jennifer Kilcoyne ,
Alina Haines-Delmont Open the ORCID record for Alina Haines-Delmont [Opens in a new window] ,
Sara Ryan Open the ORCID record for Sara Ryan [Opens in a new window] ,
Keri-Michèle Lodge Open the ORCID record for Keri-Michèle Lodge [Opens in a new window] ,
Elspeth Bradley ,
Sharon Shalev Open the ORCID record for Sharon Shalev [Opens in a new window] ,
Norman Lamb  and
Angela Hassiotis Open the ORCID record for Angela Hassiotis [Opens in a new window]
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Alexis Quinn
Affiliation:
Restraint Reduction Network, London, UK
Dawn E. Cavanagh
Affiliation:
Department of Social Care and Social Work, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Jennifer Kilcoyne
Affiliation:
Restraint Reduction Network, London, UK Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
Alina Haines-Delmont
Affiliation:
Department of Social Care and Social Work, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Sara Ryan
Affiliation:
Department of Social Care and Social Work, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Keri-Michèle Lodge
Affiliation:
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds, UK
Elspeth Bradley
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada
Sharon Shalev
Affiliation:
Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, UK
Norman Lamb
Affiliation:
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Angela Hassiotis
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology & Applied Clinical Research, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK Camden Intellectual Disability Service, London, UK North Central London, Integrated Care Board, London, UK
Ann Memmott
Affiliation:
Independent Autism Research Consultant, Reading, UK
Roger Banks
Affiliation:
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Elizabeth Pellicano
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical, Education and Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Georgia Pavlopoulou*
Affiliation:
Group for Research in Relationships And Neuro-Diversity (GRRAND), Department of Clinical, Education and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK Anna Freud Centre, London, UK
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Correspondence: Georgia Pavlopoulou. Email: georgia.pavlopoulou@ucl.ac.uk
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Autistic spectrum disordershuman rightsintellectual disabilityin-patient treatmentmental health services

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 227 , Issue 3 , September 2025 , pp. 643 - 645
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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