Suicide among university students: prevalence, risks and protective factors

FE Owusu-Ansah, AA Addae, BO Peasah… - Health psychology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Research evidence on suicide in Ghana so far has focused mostly on suicide
in the adult population and less work on the younger population such as university students …

Suicidal behaviours among Ugandan university students: a cross-sectional study

MM Kaggwa, I Arinaitwe, M Muwanguzi, E Nduhuura… - BMC psychiatry, 2022 - Springer
Background Suicide remains the leading cause of death among university students often
resulting from multiple physical and psychological challenges. Moreover, suicidal …

Prevalence and factors associated with suicidal ideation among university students in Bangladesh

ME Rahman, M Saiful Islam, MA Mamun… - Archives of suicide …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with suicidal
ideation among university students in Bangladesh. We collected cross-sectional data from …

Prevalence and social determinants of suicidal behaviours among college youth in India

Y Nath, J Paris, B Thombs… - International Journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Little is known about the prevalence of and factors associated with suicide
ideation and suicide attempts among college youth in India. Aims: The aims were to estimate …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviours (ideation, plan and attempt) among adolescents in senior high schools in Ghana

KO Asante, N Kugbey, J Osafo, ENB Quarshie… - SSM-population …, 2017 - Elsevier
Suicide is recognised as the third leading cause of death among adolescents globally.
There is however limited data on the prevalence and factors associated with suicide …

Epidemiology of non-fatal suicidal behavior among first-year university students in South Africa

J Bantjes, E Breet, W Saal, C Lochner, J Roos… - Death studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Supplemental data for this article can be accessed on the publisher's website. We used a
cross-sectional web-based survey and discrete-time survival analysis with person-year as …

Suicidal behavior and psychological distress in university students: a 12-nation study

M Eskin, JM Sun, J Abuidhail… - Archives of suicide …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated the prevalence of suicidal behavior and psychological distress in
university students across 12 nations. A total of 5,572 university students from 12 countries …

Suicidal thoughts, attempts and motives among university students in 12 Muslim-majority countries

M Eskin, F AlBuhairan, M Rezaeian… - Psychiatric quarterly, 2019 - Springer
There is a scarcity of research on suicidal phenomena in the Muslim world. Therefore, this
study aimed at investigating the self-reported prevalence of suicidal thoughts, attempts and …

[HTML][HTML] Socio-demographic, economic and mental health problems were risk factors for suicidal ideation among Kenyan students aged 15 plus

DM Ndetei, VN Mutiso, JR Weisz, CA Okoth… - Journal of affective …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background About a third of youth with suicidal ideation develop suicidal plans and about
60% of youth with suicidal plans make suicidal attempts. This study aimed to study different …

Suicidal ideation among school-attending adolescents in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

AC Dunlavy, EO Aquah, ML Wilson - Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 2015 - ajol.info
Background: Suicidal ideation is an understudied risk factor for suicidal intent. The present
study investigates the patterns and risk factors for suicidal ideation among a sample of …