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Study Finds Suicidal Thoughts to Be More Common Among College Students
Ninety-five percent identified themselves as heterosexual and 5 percent identified as bisexual, gay or undecided. The average age was 22. For the 11,441 graduates, 60 percent were female and 40 percent were male.
Seventy-two percent were white and 28 percent were minorities. Ninety-four percent identified themselves as heterosexual and 6 percent identified as bisexual, gay or undecided. The average age was 30.
The reasons that both undergraduate and graduate students gave for their suicidal thinking were wanting relief from emotional or physical pain, problems with romantic relationships, the desire to end their life and problems with school or academics.
The survey showed that 14 percent of undergraduates and 8 percent of graduate students who seriously considered attempting suicide in the previous 12 months made a suicide attempt.
Nineteen percent of undergraduate attempters and 28 percent of graduate student attempters required medical attention. Half of attempters reported overdosing on drugs as their method, said the authors.
In the wake of the survey, the researchers found that suicidal thoughts are a frequently recurring experience akin to substance abuse, depression and eating disorders.
They also found that relying solely upon the current treatment model, which identifies and helps students who are in crisis, is insufficient for addressing reducing all forms of suicide behaviour on college campuses.
The authors suggest a new model for dealing with the problem of student suicidal tendencies in order to address the entire continuum of suicidal thoughts and behaviours.
The study was presented at the 116th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.
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