College Student Suicide in the United States: 1990-1991 through 2003-2004

Autor/in	Schwartz, Allan J.
Titel	College Student Suicide in the United States: 1990-1991 through 2003-2004
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 54 (2006) 6, S.341-352 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
Schlagwörter	Guidance Centers; Suicide; College Students; National Surveys; Risk; Counseling; Prevention; At Risk Persons; Referral; Data Analysis; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Guidance center; Counseling center; Counseling centers; Beratungsstelle; Selbstmord; Collegestudent; Risiko; Counselling; Beratung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Risikogruppe; Auswertung; USA
Abstract	Suggestions that there is a growing epidemic of suicide among college students in the United States are false. The National Survey of Counseling Center Directors reports 1,404 student suicides over a 14-year period and an adjusted suicide rate of 6.5, half the rate of the general US population (12.6 for all races) during this period when matched for gender and age. Counseling centers appear effective in treating suicidal students, for although the suicide rate for students who were currently or previously clients at campus counseling centers is 3 times the rate of other students, student clients have 18 times the risk of suicide compared to students in general. Identifying and referring students at elevated risk for suicide could further reduce the crude and relative rate of student suicide. However, even programs that do this only moderately well may require substantial increases in counseling staffing.m (Contains 3 figures, 3 tables and 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10