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Johnny Downs

Senior clinical lecturer, King’s College London

Johnny Downs is senior clinical lecturer in the child and adolescent psychiatry department at King’s College London in the United Kingdom, and honorary consultant at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

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October 2020
A child wearing headphones looking into his locker with bullies lurking behind him.
Opinion / Viewpoint

Why it is imperative to ask autistic adolescents about bullying

by ,  /  6 October 2020

Being bullied puts adolescents with autism at increased risk of suicide. Identifying and preventing bullying may help prevent suicides.

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