Youth with autism talking about death and/or suicide

" Per parent report, 22% of youth with ASD  [autism spectrum disorder]  had several day periods when they talked about death or suicide...

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ADHD and suicide

" There is a positive association between ADHD  [ attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ]  and suicidality in both sexes and in all...

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Don't give up

Appreciating that the subject matter of today's post might not necessarily align with the season that is upon us, I wanted to bring to y...

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Higher cognitive 'level' = more vulnerability to depression alongside autism?

Regular readers of this blog probably know that I don't like sweeping generalisations when it comes to autism. Y'know, all those ide...

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Patients with psychiatric disorders who request euthanasia

I'll freely admit that the paper by Lieve Thienpont and colleagues [1] ( open-access available here ) made me feel rather uncomfortable...

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Suicidal behaviour in autism

The paper by Hannon and Taylor * was the starting point for today's post looking at suicidal behaviour among people diagnosed as being ...

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Blood biomarkers and suicide

Science can be a pretty cold thing. Take for example some of the discussions on  the recent paper by Helen Le-Niculescu and colleagues * (o...

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