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Source: https://psychcentral.com/news/2014/...re-likely-in-adults-with-aspergers/76016.htmlSurvey data was used on 256 men and 118 women who were diagnosed by a clinician with Asperger’s syndrome between 2004 and 2013 in England. Any depression, suicidal thoughts, or plans were recorded on a self-report questionnaire, along with self-reported autistic traits and empathy.
Two-thirds (66 percent) of the respondents reported suicidal thoughts, 35 percent reported plans or attempts at suicide, and 31 percent reported depression.
Compared with the general population, adults with Asperger’s syndrome were nearly 10 times more likely to report suicidal thoughts. They were also significantly more likely to have these thoughts than people with one, two, or more medical illnesses, or people with a psychotic illness.
Autism causes so many mental problems, both from brain function and how your environment reacts to you. A whole 70% report additional mental problems.70% of participants (10-14 year old children with autism spectrum disorders) had at least one comorbid disorder and 41% had two or more. The most common diagnoses were social anxiety disorder (29.2%, 95% confidence interval [Cl)] 13.2-45.1), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (28.2%, 95% Cl 13.3-43.0), and oppositional defiant disorder (28.1 %, 95% Cl 13.9-42.2). Of those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, 84% received a second comorbid diagnosis.
Source: https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(08)60059-3/abstract
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946712000931Percent of children with autism (1-16 year olds) for whom suicide ideation or attempts was rated as sometimes to very often a problem by mothers (14%) was 28 times greater than that for typical children
ASD = autism spectrum disorder. High functioning autists, who are mostly aspies, are more likely to sui than the low functioning autists. So we know that aspies are over 7.55x more likely to suicide than the general population.People with ASD were 7.55 times more likely to die by suicide. People with high-functioning ASD were at greater risk of suicide than low-functioning groups
Source: https://www.nhs.uk/news/neurology/people-with-autism-are-dying-younger-warns-study/