Abstract
Suicide is an international public health crisis and the second leading cause of death for youth aged 10 to 24 years. Recent studies suggest that youth with ASD are at increased risk. There has been significant progress in the development and validation of suicide risk tools for typically developing youth in medical settings; however, there are no suicide risk screening instruments validated specifically for the ASD population. Before screening programs can be implemented for people with ASD, it is critical to assess the feasibility of screening in this population. The aims of this study are as follows: 1) to review existing data on suicide risk in youth with ASD; and 2) to report preliminary feasibility data from several studies adapting/testing the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) toolkit for the population with ASD.
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