Understanding depression and thoughts of self-harm in autism: A potential mechanism involving loneliness
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Depression and anxiety lead to increased risk for suicidality among autistic adults.
“leading to increased risk for suicidality among autistic adults (Cassidy et al., 2018;Hedley et al., 2018;Jokiranta-Olkoniemi et al., 2021)”
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- Authors
- Hedley, D., Uljarević, M., Wilmot, M., Richdale, A., & Dissanayake, C.
- Affiliations
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Hedley, Darren
- Venue
- Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-02
- Volume
- 46
- Pages
- 1-7
- ISSN
- 1878-0237 (ISSN-L)
- 1750-9467
- OpenAlex
- W2768352759
- Cited by
- 154
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 4
- FWCI
- 12.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Research in Autism (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- DXC Technology and the Australian Government Department of Human Services and Department of Defence
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, loneliness, depression, suicidal ideation, self-harm, mediation, autistic adults, mental health
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