# Suicide risk in people with autism

**URL:** <https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/suicide-risk-in-people-with-autism/1684>\
**Category:** Research Database\
**Created:** [January 23, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/suicide-risk-in-people-with-autism/1684 "2019-01-23T15:16:19Z")\
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> **[Suicide risk in people with autism](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190123082225.htm)**
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> Researchers have conducted the first population-based study of suicidality in individuals with ASD in the United States. The 20-year retrospective study found that for individuals with autism, particularly females, the risk of suicide has increased...

  
Researchers have conducted the first population-based study of suicidality in individuals with ASD in the United States. The 20-year retrospective study found that for individuals with autism, particularly females, the risk of suicide has increased through time compared to their non-autistic peers.