Autistic adults are significantly more likely to experience co-occurring mental health
conditions such as depression and anxiety. Although intervention studies are beginning to …

Background Autism and autistic traits are risk factors for suicidal behaviour. Aims To explore
the prevalence of autism (diagnosed and undiagnosed) in those who died by suicide, and …

We are living in uncertain times. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the need to stay physically
distant from each other, has required us to make very rapid changes to our everyday lives …

In the past decade, there has been increasing concern about the disconnect between
researchers and the autism community (autistic people and their family members)(Pellicano …

Until recently, self-harm, suicidal thoughts and behaviours have not received extensive
attention in autism research (Cassidy 2020; Cassidy and Rodgers 2017). The extant …

Introduction The current study explored whether camouflaging autistic traits is associated
with defeat and entrapment and lifetime suicidal thoughts, as predicted by the Integrated …

Background: Autistic people are at considerably greater risk of suicidality than non-autistic
people, and the reasons behind this are not fully understood. Current suicide theories may …

Background Autistic adults experience more frequent suicidal thoughts and mental health
difficulties than non‐autistic adults, but research has yet to explain how these experiences …

Background Autistic people are a high-risk group for self-harm and suicide. There are no
evidence-based suicide prevention interventions developed specifically for autistic people …

Autistic individuals are at significantly higher risk of suicide than non-autistic individuals, with
transition-aged youth at potentially the highest risk. While lower executive function (EF) skills …