Childhood trauma, life-time self-harm, and suicidal behaviour and ideation are associated with polygenic scores for autism
Publication: Molecular Psychiatry
Varun Warrier, Simon Baron-Cohen
29 October 2019
Summary:
People with a higher genetic likelihood of autism are more likely to report higher childhood maltreatment, self-harm and suicidal thoughts. Following on from a previous study, researchers looked at the genetic likelihood for autism in 100,000 people. They found those with a higher number of genetic varients associated with autism were more likely to report maltreatment and self-harm.
