Adolescents with intellectual disability and suicidal behavior

It has been assumed that impaired intellectual capacity could act as a buffer to suicidality in the population of children and adolescents with intellectual disability. The few studies that have been conducted contest this assumption and in fact the findings showed that the characteristics of suicid...

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Published in:TheScientificWorld 2005-09, Vol.5, p.724-728
Main Authors: Merrick, Joav, Merrick, Efrat, Morad, Mohammed, Kandel, Isack
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Intellectual Disability - psychology
Intelligence Tests
Male
Review
Self-Injurious Behavior - complications
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:It has been assumed that impaired intellectual capacity could act as a buffer to suicidality in the population of children and adolescents with intellectual disability. The few studies that have been conducted contest this assumption and in fact the findings showed that the characteristics of suicidality in the population of children and adolescents with intellectual disability are very similar to other adolescents without intellectual disability. This paper reviews the few studies conducted and describe the symptomatology in this population.
ISSN:1537-744X
2356-6140
1537-744X
DOI:10.1100/tsw.2005.90