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Services for adults with autism spectrum disorders

Tom Berney (Prudhoe Hospital)

Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

ISSN: 1753-0180

Article publication date: 1 June 2007

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Abstract

Psychiatry in the United Kingdom has overhauled its approach to the provision of services for adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This shift is set out in a new policy document, Psychiatric Services for Adolescents and Adults with Asperger's Syndrome and other Autistic‐spectrum Disorders (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2005).

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Berney, T. (2007), "Services for adults with autism spectrum disorders", Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 45-47. https://doi.org/10.1108/17530180200700020

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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