ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2022
Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours Among Autistic Adults Presenting to the Psychiatric Emergency Department: An Exploratory Chart Review.
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- Exploring the landscape of adult autism research in psychology: a bibliometric and network analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Supporting mental health conversations among youth with neurodevelopmental disorders through digital storytelling: A co-produced study.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Management of patients with autism spectrum disorder in psychiatric emergency: a single-centre retrospective study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Autistic adults' experiences of accessing and receiving mental health care and their priorities for improvements: A qualitative study.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- "A combination of everything": a mixed-methods approach to the factors which autistic people consider important in suicidality.Autism in adulthood · 2025Article
- Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in People on the Autism Spectrum.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
- Diagnosis of common health conditions among autistic adults in the UK: evidence from a matched cohort study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024Article
- Are autistic females at greater risk of suicide? A call for clarity to advance suicide prevention for the whole community.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2024Article
- How can autistic adults be supported in primary care?The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2023Article
- Network Structure of Autism Spectrum Disorder Behaviors and Its Evolution in Preschool Children: Insights from a New Longitudinal Network Analysis Method.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- Autism in adult psychiatric out-patients: self-reported suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-injury.BJPsych open · 2023Article
- Linehan's biosocial model applied to emotion dysregulation in autism: a narrative review of the literature and an illustrative case conceptualization.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
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Abstract
Despite increasing attention on suicidality in autistic people, we know little about suicidal presentations when autistic individuals present to hospital emergency departments (ED). We conducted an exploratory retrospective chart review of suicidal thoughts and behaviours (STB) of autistic adults who presented to a psychiatric ED. The analysis included 16 charts over a 10-week period. Findings highlight that reported STB were not always the presenting issue. Life transitions and interpersonal conflicts were common antecedents, and active rumination about STB was distressing and fatiguing. Findings imply that ED visits serve as important opportunities for suicidal risk reduction for autistic individuals, through implementation of strategies for identification of STB such as active screening, and the provision of suicide resources tailored to autistic people.
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