Merrick Joav, Merrick Efrat, Lunsky Yona, Kandel Isack
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2005 Sep 8;5:729-35. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2005.91.
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.
如今在西方世界，自杀是主要死因之一，大多数人在人生的某个阶段都曾有过自杀念头。在智障人群中，一些研究人员曾认为智力受损可能对自杀行为起到缓冲作用，但事实是，针对该人群开展的为数不多的研究对这一假设提出了质疑，并表明该人群的自杀特征与非智障人群非常相似。本文回顾了已开展的研究，并描述了该人群的症状表现。因此，与该人群打交道的专业人员应意识到这种行为并进行评估。悲伤或抑郁是可能预示日后自杀行为的症状。
