The term self-harm is commonly used to describe a wide range of behaviours and intentions
including attempted hanging, impulsive self-poisoning, and superficial cutting in response to …

The concept of fetal programming states that changes in the fetal environment during
sensitive periods of organ development may cause long-lasting changes in the structure and …

BackgroundMortality has been suggested to be increased in autism spectrum disorder
(ASD). AimsTo examine both all-cause and cause-specific mortality in ASD, as well as …

BackgroundStudies on the individual gender-specific risk and familial co-aggregation of
suicidal behaviour in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are lacking. MethodsWe conducted a …

Importance Preterm birth is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. However,
previous studies have been unable to rigorously examine whether confounding factors …

Background Preconception, prenatal and postnatal maternal stress is associated with
increased offspring psychopathology, but findings are inconsistent and need replication. We …

Stunting is associated with deficits in cognition and school achievement from early
childhood to late adolescence; however, there has been little investigation of emotional and …

In this narrative overview of the evidence linking psychosocial factors with future suicide risk,
we collected results from published reports of prospective studies with verified suicide …

BackgroundResearch suggests that suicidal behaviour is aggregated in families. However,
due to methodological limitations, including small sample sizes, the strength and pattern of …

The implications of the biologically active elements in milk for the mammalian infant are
largely unknown. Animal models demonstrate that transmission of glucocorticoids through …