Talking About Death or Suicide: Prevalence and Clinical Correlates in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Psychiatric Inpatient Setting

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 3702-3710

  Horowitz, Lisa M ^a   Thurm, Audrey ^a   Farmer, Cristan ^a   Mazefsky, Carla ^b   Lanzillo, Elizabeth ^a   Bridge, Jeffrey A ^c   Greenbaum, Rachel ^d   Pao, Maryland ^a   Siegel, Matthew ^e,f   Erickson, Craig ^g   Gabriels, Robin L ^g   Kaplan, Desmond ^g   Morrow, Eric M ^g   Righi, Giulia ^g   Santangelo, Susan L ^g   Wink, Logan ^g   Benevides, Jill ^g   Beresford, Carol ^g   Best, Carrie ^g   Bowen, Katie ^g   Dechant, Briar ^g   Flis, Tom ^g   Gastgeb, Holly ^g   Geer, Angela ^g   Hagopian, Louis ^g   Handen, Benjamin ^g   Klever, Adam ^g   Lubetsky, Martin ^g   MacKenzie, Kristen ^g   Meservy, Zenoa ^g   McGonigle, John ^g   McGuire, Kelly ^g   McNeil, Faith ^g   Montrenes, Joshua ^g   Palka, Tamara ^g   Pedapati, Ernest ^g   Pedersen, Kahsi A ^g   Peura, Christine ^g   Pierri, Joseph ^g   Rogers, Christie ^g   Rossman, Brad ^g   Ruberg, Jennifer ^g   Sannar, Elise ^g   Small, Cathleen ^g   Stuckey, Nicole ^g   Troen, Brittany ^g   Tylenda, Barbara ^g   Verdi, Mary ^g   Vezzoli, Jessica ^g   Williams, Deanna ^g   Williams, Diane ^g   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Children's Mental Health Team   (Canada)

^e Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Autism Inpatient Collection (AIC); Autism spectrum disorder; Inpatient; Psychiatric patients; Screening; Suicidal ideation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION; HOSPITAL; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020528830     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3180-7     Document Type: Article

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