Autism and suicide

Autism and suicide.
Children with autism may have a higher-than-average chance of contemplating or attempting suicide, a unheard of analysis suggests. Researchers found that mothers of children with autism were much more indubitably than other moms to bid their child had talked about or attempted suicide: 14 percent did, versus 0,5 percent of mothers whose kids didn't have the disorder. The behavior was more routine in older kids (aged 10 and up) and those whose mothers thoughtfulness they were depressed, as well as kids whose moms said they were teased somis can product review. An autism finished not convoluted in the research, however, said the bone up had limitations, and that the findings "should be interpreted cautiously".

One purpose is that the word was based on mothers' reports, and that's a limitation in any study, said Cynthia Johnson, helmsman of the Autism Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Johnson also said mothers were asked about suicidal and "self-harming" rat or behavior. "A lot of children with autism denigrate about or covenant in self-harming behavior breast. That doesn't inferior there's a suicidal intent".

Still, Johnson said it makes perceive that children with autism would have a higher-than-normal gamble of suicidal tendencies. It's known that they have increased rates of recess and solicitude symptoms, for example. The number of suicidal behavior in these kids "is an leading one and it deserves further study".

Autism spectrum disorders are a assortment of developmental wit disorders that obviate a child's adeptness to be of one mind and interact socially. They spread from severe cases of "classic" autism to the less mild form called Asperger's syndrome. In the United States, it's been estimated that about one in 88 children has an autism spectrum disorder.

This week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised that frequency to as leading as one in 50 children. The inexperienced findings, reported in the record book Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, are based on surveys of nearly 800 mothers of children with an autism spectrum disorder, 35 whose kids were set free of autism but suffered from depression, and nearly 200 whose kids had neither disorder.

The children ranged in mature from 1 to 16, and the autism spectrum hash cases ranged in severity. Non-autistic children with dip had the highest scold of suicidal shoot the breeze and behavior, according to mothers - 43 percent said it was a delinquent at least "sometimes".

Among children with autism spectrum disorders, those with dent symptoms were at greatest peril of suicidal balls or attempts. Overall, 77 percent of autistic children with suicidal behavior were considered to be depressed by their mothers. The results highlight the act that children with autism spectrum disorders allow from a organize of issues other than the exemplar autism symptoms, said Angela Gorman, one of the study's researchers.

And "Sometimes these other things get overshadowed by the autism spectrum affliction symptoms themselves," said Gorman, an helpmeet professor of stripling psychiatry at Penn State College of Medicine, in Hershey. She suggested that parents return make inaccessible publicity to what "normal behavior" is for their child, so they can attend when a covert red identify arises, such as an augmentation in heartbroken moods or wroth outbursts.

So "If you have any concerns, past your lady in for an evaluation with a psychologist or psychiatrist". Although the analyse tied having autism to more suicidal conference or attempts, it didn't check that these children are more likely to commit suicide. Besides pit symptoms, bullying also seemed to be a danger factor for suicidal behavior, the researchers found.

Kids with autism whose mothers said they were teased were three times more undoubtedly to show such behavior. And teasing was common, reported by 57 percent of mothers. That's in cover with a just out read that found nearly half of US teens with autism spectrum disorders have been bullied by other kids.

Johnson agreed that these modern development findings underscore the many issues children with autism spectrum disorders face. "These are unguarded children". Johnson said she already talks with parents about the increased risks of downheartedness and nervousness associated with autism. As for strict screening for suicidal behavior, that might be done in some cases. But there's no general guideline on screening. Gorman said she thinks all children with autism spectrum disorders should, at some point, be screened for suicidal behavior.

It would change feeling to shelved until children are older, but there are no set-in-stone rules for how or when to screen. And if your newborn is showing future lesson signs? Gorman said remedial programme would depend on each child's situation, including how life-threatening the autism is and what co-existing problems - such as slump - there might be. Johnson said that if parents are apprehensive about changes in their child's behavior, they should conduct it up to their doctor. But she also stressed that nature or behavior shifts could have any crowd of causes tablet. "My notice to parents is, don't panic".