Suicide ideation and its correlates among university undergraduates in south western Nigeria

AO Ajibola, OM Agunbiade - Community health equity …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among young people aged 15 to 29 years of
age. Ideation or suicidal thoughts, which precedes suicide is sometimes normalized and …

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 ideation and attempts among Nigerian undergraduates: Exploring the relationships with depression, hopelessness, perceived burdensomeness, and …

CN Iweama, OS Agbaje, NI Lerum… - SAGE open …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The study investigated the prevalence of suicidal behavior and its association
with depression, hopelessness, perceived burdensomeness, and thwarted belongingness in …

The unique contributions of depression and anxiety to suicidal ideation among Nigerian secondary school students: a cross-sectional survey

O Jaclyn - African Health Sciences, 2023 - ajol.info
Background: It is important to establish the pattern of suicidal ideation among adolescents
with depression and anxiety. This will help the schools prevent possible complete suicide …

Suicidal tendencies and its association with psychoactive use predictors among university students in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

S Wesonga, C Osingada, A Nabisere, S Nkemijika… - African health …, 2021 - ajol.info
Background: Globally, suicide is one of the leading causes of death, and approximately 80%
of all suicides occur in low-and middle-income countries. Younger people in Africa are at a …

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 …

Factors influencing suicidal ideation and self-harm among undergraduate students in a Nigerian private university

O Kukoyi, E Orok, F Oluwafemi, O Oni… - Middle East current …, 2023 - Springer
Background Suicide and self-harm have been documented as the main cause of death
among young adults. Nigeria as well as other low-income countries is reported to have a …

Perspectives of college students on the causes and prevention of suicide in Nigerian universities

DE Aruah, OM Emeka, VO Eze… - Journal of Psychology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We explored how university students make sense of suicide experience and prevention.
Informants were 20 students attending a public university in Nigeria (females= 50%; age …

Prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviour among adolescents in southwest Nigeria

O Omigbodun, N Dogra, O Esan… - … journal of social …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Despite being recognized by the World Health Organization as a significant
social and health concern, information on suicidal behaviours in Nigerian adolescents is …

[PDF][PDF] Who are knocking on death's door?: Predictors of suicide attempt among young Filipino suicide ideators.

MA Quintos - Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 2019 - researchgate.net
The prominence of mental health advocacies in mainstream media and public discourse in
recent years brings to fore the social problem of suicide in the Philippines, necessitating an …