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I can see that, at this point, we are in real danger of distinctions being made between mental disorder and psychiatric disorder. Not only is it inappropriate to refer to disorder by reference to the medical speciality that treats it—as far as I can tell, that has never been done before in legislation—but it is inconsistent with the internationally accepted definitions of mental disorder and psychiatric disorder, which include explicitly all forms of neurodevelopmental disorder, including autism spectrum disorders and learning disabilities.