MedPage Today (1/12, Monaco) reports, “People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) carry a higher risk for suicide,” investigators concluded in a “nationwide cohort study of over 35,000 individuals with autism.” The study revealed “a more than three-fold higher rate of both suicide attempt…compared with people without autism.” The findings were published online Jan. 12 in JAMA Network Open.
Psychiatric News (1/12) reports the study also found that “females with ASD had 4.41 times the rate of suicide attempts compared with males with the disorder, a finding that points to a need to improve diagnostic tools to avoid delays in treating ASD in females, the researchers wrote.”
Related Links:
— “Suicide and Suicide Attempts Higher Among People With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Psychiatric News , January 12, 2021