Title: Suicide in colleges in the United States - Wikipedia
Headings: Suicide in colleges in the United States
Suicide in colleges in the United States
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History
Risk factors
Depression
Suicidal ideation
Suicide attempts
Motives for suicide
Prevention
Help Seeking Behavior
College programs and initiatives
Social and Culture
Legislation
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Content: Another common motivating factor has been issues at home that can impact their academic career. Home-based issues can be composed of abuse, starvation, and overall poor living conditions. Depression can also be a factor. Prevention
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a crisis line in the United States and Canada
Social support is proven to preventing suicide in college populations, as the link between depressive symptoms and hopelessness was reduced among college students who had high levels of social support. Universal prevention interventions, through training people of power on suicide, has been beneficial as it has led to significant increases in suicide prevention knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy. In gatekeeper interventions, “gatekeepers” are those people who regularly encounter distressed individuals or groups. On college campuses, these individuals include instructors, students, resident assistants, and other campus life officials. Peer-led suicide prevention workshops have also been effective at improving their participants’ knowledge about suicide and the resources available. Help Seeking Behavior
In a national survey, less than half of the college students who seriously contemplated suicide during the previous twelve months received any mental health treatment during that time. Among college students who reported having had serious thoughts of suicide, those that had a higher perceived need, believed that treatment would be effective, contacted other users of mental health services, had lower personal stigma, a higher perceived stigma, fewer positive relationships, was a sexual minority, or a Caucasian were more likely to access campus mental health services.