Volunteers needed to help understand and prevent suicide in autistic community

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12 Nov 2018 11:00:00.000
 

Researchers are looking for people to take part in a new study to better understand why autistic people may be more likely to take their own life, to help shape new ways to prevent future deaths by suicide.

 The three-year project is being led by the University of Nottingham in partnership with Coventry University, and the University of Cambridge and is the first study of its kind. It aims to find out how many people who died by suicide in the UK were autistic (either diagnosed, or not yet diagnosed), and whether autistic people have unique needs which could be met, to prevent future deaths. 

The project involves interviewing the friends and family of people who have died by suicide, who were either diagnosed with autism, or were likely autistic, but not diagnosed before they died. Friends and family are asked about the person who died, their medical history, early development, social communication skills, and circumstances prior to their death. 

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More information is available from Dr Sarah Cassidy, in the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham, on +44 (0) 115 9513 470, sarah.cassidy@nottingham.ac.uk 
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