All Outputs (2)

Non-suicidal self-injury and its relation to suicide through acquired capability: investigating this causal mechanism in a mainly late-diagnosed autistic sample (2022)
Journal Article
Moseley, R. L., Gregory, N. J., Smith, P., Allison, C., Cassidy, S., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2022). Non-suicidal self-injury and its relation to suicide through acquired capability: investigating this causal mechanism in a mainly late-diagnosed autistic sample. Molecular Autism, 13, Article 45. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-022-00522-5

Background
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) has been linked with a higher risk of suicide attempts in autistic and non-autistic people. In the general population, NSSI may confer acquired capability for suicide by eroding one’s fear and avoidance of... Read More about Non-suicidal self-injury and its relation to suicide through acquired capability: investigating this causal mechanism in a mainly late-diagnosed autistic sample.

Autism and autistic traits in those who died by suicide in England (2022)
Journal Article
Cassidy, S., Au-Yeung, S., Robertson, A., Cogger-Ward, H., Richards, G., Allison, C., …Baron-Cohen, S. (2022). Autism and autistic traits in those who died by suicide in England. British Journal of Psychiatry, 221(5), 683-691. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.21

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 identify risk factors for suicide in this group. Method Stage 1: 372... Read More about Autism and autistic traits in those who died by suicide in England.