Suicide Leap of an 11-Year-Old Girl with Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Main Authors: Yuki Takahashi MD (Author), Katsunaka Mikami MD, PhD (Author), Fumiaki Akama MD, PhD (Author), Yuichi Onishi MD (Author), Kenji Yamamoto MD, PhD (Author), Hideo Matsumoto MD, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has been linked with risk of suicide, and several cases of suicide attempts by adolescents with ASD have been reported. However, there is scant research on therapeutic approaches to prevent suicide re-attempts by children with ASD who have already attempted suicide. We...