Autistic traits in adults who have attempted suicide

Molecular Autism

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Richards, Gareth ^a,b   Kenny, Rebecca ^a   Griffiths, Sarah ^a   Allison, Carrie ^a   Mosse, David ^c   Holt, Rosemary ^a   O'Connor, Rory C ^d   Cassidy, Sarah ^a,e   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASC; ASD; Asperger syndrome; Autism; Autism spectrum; Autistic traits; Depression; Mental health; Suicidality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BULIMIA; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSLEXIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENDER; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DELAY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85067003588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-019-0274-4     Document Type: Article

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