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The British Journal of Psychiatry 157: 444-446 (1990)
© 1990 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Suicidal behaviour in severely mentally handicapped patients

RM Walters
Stoke Park Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol.

Four patients with IQs below 50 displayed suicidal behaviour. This refutes the notion that the severely mentally handicapped are unable to form such an intention.