ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2018
Talking About Death or Suicide: Prevalence and Clinical Correlates in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Psychiatric Inpatient Setting.
Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04317118 (Validating the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions), which is not on this map. Cited by 39 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Validating the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) for Youth With Autism Spectrum and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Who cites it
39 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.
- Universal Suicide Risk Screening for Youths in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2022Pooled it
- Suicidality Among Children and Youth With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review of Existing Risk Assessment Tools.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Pooled it
- What is the Prevalence of Self-harming and Suicidal Behaviour in Under 18s with ASD, With or Without an Intellectual Disability?Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of a Universal School-Based Mental Health Program on the Self-concept, Coping Skills, and Perceptions of Social Support of Students with Developmental Disabilities.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Trial
- Changes in Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents with ASD Completing the PEERSJournal of autism and developmental disorders · 2018Trial
- No Way Out? Cognitive Rigidity and Depressive Symptoms Associated with Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Autistic Youth.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
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- Occurrence and Correlates of Suicidal Thoughts Among Young Autistic Users of a Mental Health App.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Article
- Suicide prevention interventions and supports for the Autistic community: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Youth on the autism spectrum hospitalized for suicide related thoughts and behaviors: Characteristics and perspectives from the field.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Article
- A systematic review of existing brief interventions for youth following suicide attempt: informing the development of an autism-adapted intervention.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Caregiver-reported sleep problems and suicidality in autistic youth: findings from a sleep diary study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Association of insomnia with suicide attempts in Chinese chronic schizophrenia patients with and without autistic symptoms.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Association of self-harm and suicidality with psychiatric co-occurring conditions in autistic individuals: a systematic review and pooled analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Use of ECT in Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Intellectual Disability: A Single Site Retrospective Analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Characterising the behaviours in most severe and least severe emotional outbursts in young people.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Characterizing the clinical and sociodemographic profiles of hospitalized adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Assessing suicidal thoughts and behaviors and nonsuicidal self-injury in autistic and non-autistic early adolescents using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2023Article
- Understanding Psychiatrists' Knowledge and Attitudes to Suicidality in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Alpha psychiatry · 2023Article
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10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Little is known about suicidal ideation in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), making it difficult to identify those at heightened risk. This study describes the prevalence of thoughts about death and suicide in 107 verbal youth with ASD with non-verbal IQ >55, assessed during inpatient psychiatric admission. Per parent report, 22% of youth with ASD had several day periods when they talked about death or suicide "often," or "very often." Clinical correlates included the presence of a comorbid mood (OR 2.71, 95% CI 1.12-6.55) or anxiety disorder (OR 2.32, 95% CI 1.10-4.93). The results suggest a need for developmentally appropriate suicide risk screening measures in ASD. Reliable detection of suicidal thoughts in this high-risk population will inform suicide prevention strategies.
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