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Improve autistic adults’ experiences of accessing NHS mental health services. Increase the capacity and accessibility of mental health care in the community for autistic adults. Prevent abuse, neglect or maltreatment of autistic adults in all services commissioned or provided by an ICB.
- Autistic people’s healthcare information strategy for England
The strategy covers information from both services...
- Autistic people’s healthcare information strategy for England
Mar 25, 2021 · A robust understanding of barriers to accessing healthcare across the lifespan of autistic individuals is critical to ensuring the best use of healthcare resources to improve social, physical,...
- Natasha Malik-Soni, Andrew Shaker, Helen Luck, Anne E. Mullin, Ryan E. Wiley, M. E. Suzanne Lewis, J...
- 2021
Sep 21, 2022 · The strategy covers information from both services specifically provided for autistic people and wider physical and mental healthcare settings used by everyone. In most cases it can only recognise those autistic people identified as such by their GP, community child health or mental health service.
Codesigned approaches to healthcare that meets the needs of autistic people and clinicians should increase the opportunities for autistic people to access the personalised and precision healthcare that is increasingly available to all people in mental and physical health services.
- Samuel Brice, Jacqui Rodgers, Barry Ingham, Barry Ingham, David Mason, Colin Wilson, Mark Freeston, ...
- 2021
Dec 12, 2023 · This guidance is for integrated care boards, health organisations and wider system partners and provides advice on how to improve the quality, accessibility and acceptability of care and support for autistic adults to meet their mental health needs, both in the community and in inpatient settings.
Although autism is not a mental health condition, people on the autism spectrum are more vulnerable to mental health problems. Research indicates that 70 per cent of children with autism develop mental health problems, while 16–35 per cent of autistic adults have a comorbid psychiatric disorder.
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Aug 17, 2021 · Recent advances include improved understanding of co-occurring mental health conditions among autistic individuals, a growing evidence base for interventions to address them, the development and implementation of new service models to support mental health for this population, and a substantial increase in mental health services and implementati...
