Suicide Behavior in Persons with Intellectual Disability
Suicide is today in the Western world one of the leading causes of death and most people have had suicidal ideation at some time during their life. In the population of persons with intellectual disability some researchers have thought that impaired intellectual capacity could act as a buffer to sui...
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| author | Joav Merrick Efrat Merrick Yona Lunsky Isack Kandel |
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| description | Suicide is today in the Western world one of the leading causes of death and most people have had suicidal ideation at some time during their life. In the population of persons with intellectual disability some researchers have thought that impaired intellectual capacity could act as a buffer to suicidal behavior, but the fact is that the few studies conducted in that population contest this assumption and showed that the characteristics of suicidality in this population are very similar to persons without intellectual disability. This paper reviews the studies conducted and describe the symptomatology in this population. Professionals working with this population should therefore be aware of and assess for this behavior. Sadness or depression are symptoms that could indicate later suicidal behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1138bc47d5bf4d6b904e5b15200712392025-02-03T01:31:03ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2005-01-01572973510.1100/tsw.2005.91Suicide Behavior in Persons with Intellectual DisabilityJoav Merrick0Efrat Merrick1Yona Lunsky2Isack Kandel3National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, IsraelNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, IsraelCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, CanadaNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, IsraelSuicide is today in the Western world one of the leading causes of death and most people have had suicidal ideation at some time during their life. In the population of persons with intellectual disability some researchers have thought that impaired intellectual capacity could act as a buffer to suicidal behavior, but the fact is that the few studies conducted in that population contest this assumption and showed that the characteristics of suicidality in this population are very similar to persons without intellectual disability. This paper reviews the studies conducted and describe the symptomatology in this population. Professionals working with this population should therefore be aware of and assess for this behavior. Sadness or depression are symptoms that could indicate later suicidal behavior.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.91 |
| spellingShingle | Joav Merrick Efrat Merrick Yona Lunsky Isack Kandel Suicide Behavior in Persons with Intellectual Disability The Scientific World Journal |
| title | Suicide Behavior in Persons with Intellectual Disability |
| title_full | Suicide Behavior in Persons with Intellectual Disability |
| title_fullStr | Suicide Behavior in Persons with Intellectual Disability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suicide Behavior in Persons with Intellectual Disability |
| title_short | Suicide Behavior in Persons with Intellectual Disability |
| title_sort | suicide behavior in persons with intellectual disability |
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