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Annals of General Psychiatry BioMed Central Review Open Access Suicide in deaf populations: a literature review Oliver Turner, Kirsten Windfuhr and Navneet Kapur* Address: National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, Centre for Suicide Prevention, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Email: Oliver Turner - oliver.turner@manchester.ac.uk; Kirsten Windfuhr - kirsten.windfuhr@manchester.ac.uk; Navneet Kapur* - nav.kapur@manchester.ac.uk * Corresponding author Published: 8 October 2007 Received: 2 May 2007 Accepted: 8 October 2007 Annals of General Psychiatry 2007, 6:26 doi:10.1186/1744-859X-6-26 This article is available from: /content/6/1/26 © 2007 Turner et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Studies have found that deaf individuals have higher rates of psychiatric disorder than those who are hearing, while at the same time encountering difficulties in accessing mental health services. These factors might increase the risk of suicide. However, the burden of suicidal behaviour in deaf people is currently unknown. The aim of the present review was to provide a summary of literature on suicidal behaviour with specific reference to deaf individuals. The objectives of the review were to establish the inci