Approaches to improving mental healthcare for autistic people: systematic review.
Sofia LoizouTamara PemovskaTheodora StefanidouUna FoyeRuth CooperAriana KularAnna GreenburghHelen BaldwinJessica GriffithsKatherine R K SaundersPhoebe BarnettMatilda MinchinGráinne BradyNafiso AhmedJennie ParkerBeverley ChippRachel R OliveRobin JacksonAmanda TimmermanSuzi SapietsEva DriskellBethany ParsonsDebbie SpainVasiliki TotsikaWilliam MandyRichard PenderPhilippa CleryKylee TrevillionBrynmor Lloyd-EvansAlan SimpsonSonia JohnsonPublished in: BJPsych open (2024)
Many identified strategies are feasible and acceptable, and can be readily implemented in services with the potential to make mental healthcare more suitable for autistic people, but important research gaps remain. Future research should address these and investigate a co-produced package of service improvement measures.