Caregiver-reported sleep problems and suicidality in autistic youth: findings from a sleep diary study
Carly A. McMorris
BackgroundSleep problems, including daytime sleepiness, short sleep duration, and poor sleep quality, are strongly associated with suicidality in non-autistic people. Sleep difficulties are also common in Autistic children and adolescents (herein, youth), affecting 40-80%, and may contribute to their elevated suicide risk, which emerges as early as 10 years of age and is 3.5 times higher than the general population. Despite the strong link between sleep difficulties and suicidality in non-autist