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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Veröffentlicht in: | TheScientificWorld 2005-09, Vol.5, p.724-728 |
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Zusammenfassung: | 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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ISSN: | 1537-744X 2356-6140 1537-744X |
DOI: | 10.1100/tsw.2005.90 |