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 suic...
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doaj-268162795227493e8579c3942a3168cd2020-11-25T01:40:37ZengHindawi LimitedThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2005-01-01572472810.1100/tsw.2005.90Adolescents with Intellectual Disability and Suicidal BehaviorJoav Merrick0Efrat Merrick1Mohammed Morad2Isack 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, IsraelNational 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, IsraelIt 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.90 |
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Adolescents with Intellectual Disability and Suicidal Behavior |
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Adolescents with Intellectual Disability and Suicidal Behavior |
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Adolescents with Intellectual Disability and Suicidal Behavior |
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adolescents with intellectual disability and suicidal behavior |
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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. |
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