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Crisis on Campus: the Untold Story of Student Suicides

CRISIS ON CAMPUS THE UNTOLD STORY OF STUDENT SUICIDES HARD NUMB3RS 11111111II 6 % OF UNDERGRADUATES & 4 % OF GRADUATE STUDENTS IN 4-YEAR COLLEGES HAVE "SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED ATTEMPTING SUICIDE" IN THE PAST YEAR NEARLY HALF OF EACH GROUP DID NOT TELL ANYONE. THE SUICIDE RATE AMONG YOUNG ADULTS, AGES 15-24 HAS TRIPLED SINCE THE 1950S 1950 1950-PRESENT 1,100 suicides at colleges 目 目 目 per year. That's 7,5 per 100,000 students 1 IN 12 HAVE ACTUALLY MADE A SUICIDE PLAN AT SOME POINT. 1.5 OUT OF 100 STUDENTS STUDENTS HAVE ACTUALLY ATTEMPTED IT. TWO TIMES AS MANY YOUNG MEN AGES 20-24 COMMIT SUICIDE COMPARED TO YOUNG WOMEN IN THE PAST 50 YEARS, SUICIDE RATES FOR THOSE AGE 15-24 INCREASED BY OVER 200% 12 PEOPLE AGED 15 - 24 WILL COMMIT SUICIDE TODAY. THAT IS ONE ABOUT EVERY T WO HOURS. OOt0otoO DEMOGRAPHICS: Caucasians are 90% of Completed suicides are by twice as likely to commit suicide as caucasians. African Americans. THE RATE OF SUICIDE IS GROWING FASTER AMONG YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICANS THAN AMONG CAUCASIANS. 1980-1995 1980-1995 SUICIDE RATES INCREASED 93% FOR SUICIDE RATES INCREASED 214% FOR AFRICAN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES (AGE 15-24) AMERICAN MALES (AGE 15-24) NATIVE AMERICANS HAVE THE HIGHEST SUICIDE RATE AMONG ALL 15-24 YEAR OLDS. ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE THE HIGHEST SUICIDE RATES AMONG WOMEN AGES 15 TO 24. MEN COMMIT SUICIDE FOUR TIMES AS OFTEN AS WOMEN 111111 WOMEN ATTEMPT SUICIDE THREE TIMES AS OFTEN AS MEN SUICIDE BY FIREARM IS THE MOST COMMON METHOD FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. STUDENTS WHO SAID 64% THEIR EMOTIONAL STUDENTS WHO SAID HEALTH WAS ABOVE THEIR EMOTIONAL 52% AVERAGE IN 1985 HEALTH WAS ABOVE AVERAGE TODAY THE EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN HAS DECLINED TO THE LOWEST IN 25 YEARS. CAMPUS STRESS PRODUCERS $$$ COMPETITIVENESS TUITION ACCEPTANCE RATE CAMPUS CRIME ECONOMY 5 MOST STRESSFUL UNIVERSITIES 5 $58,829 51% $23,337 NORTHWESTERN STUDENTS RECIEVING FINANCIAL AID AVERAGE AMOUNT OF AVERAGE AMOUNT OF UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID 9,660 23 23% 49% FOLIC UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT CRIME RANK ACCEPTANCE RATE FINANCIAL AID COVERAGE 4 $56,000 47% $33,276 HARVARD AVERAGE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS RECIEVING AVERAGE AMOUNT OF UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID 10,277 13 6% 59% FOLICE UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT CRIME RANK ACCEPTANCE RATE FINANCIAL AID COVERAGE 3 $59,208 50% $31,796 COLUMBIA AVERAGE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS RECIEVING AVERAGE AMOUNT OF UNIVERSITY, NYC FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID 8,184 Top 25 10% 54% FOLICE UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT CRIME RANK ACCEPTANCE RATE FINANCIAL AID COVERAGE 2 $57,360 50% $25,952 UNIVERSITY OF AVERAGE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS RECIEVING AVERAGE AMOUNT OF PENNSYLVANIA FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID 11,852 12% 45% FOLICE UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT CRIME RANK ACCEPTANCE RATE FINANCIAL AID COVERAGE 1 $58,901 50% $23,963 WASHINGTON AVERAGE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS RECIEVING AVERAGE AMOUNT OF UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID 7,303 17% 41% FOLICE UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT CRIME RANK ACCEPTANCE RATE FINANCIAL AID COVERAGE SIZING UP THE RISK FACTORS PRIOR HISTORY OF FAMILY HISTORY MENTAL HEALTH SUBSTANCE ACCESS TO AGGRESSIVE SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR OF SUICIDE PROBLEMS ABUSE FIREARMS OR ANTISOCIAL SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR ISOLATION FROM FRIENDS SOME COMMON WARNING SIGNS %23 %23 TALKS ABOUT SUICIDE, IS PREOCCUPIED WITH HAS TROUBLE EATING OR EXPERIENCES DRASTIC CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR DEATH OR HAVING NO REASON TO LIVE DEATH AND DYING SLEEPING 23 %23 WITHDRAWS FROM LOSES INTEREST IN GIVES AWAY PRIZED LOSES INTEREST IN THEIR FRIENDS OR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES HOBBIES, WORK, SCHOOL, POSSESSIONS PERSONAL APPEARANCE ETC IN AMERICA, SOMEONE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE ONCE EVERY MINUTE DO0000O 000000O Someone completes a suicide once every 17 minutes. Throughout the world, approximately 2,000 people kill themselves each day. WHAT CAN PARENTS DO? (1-0 (2 Stay in touch with your college kid. Chat by phone, IM or Skype 4 Send care packages Visit occasionally Be a calming voice when things get rough 6. 8. Sleep, diet, exercise and de-stressing activities Be sensitive to the Familiarize yourself with the student health and mental health services signs of stress COMBAT STUDENT SUICIDES THE GARRETT LEE SMITH MEMORIAL ACT GIVES $ 31 MILLION FOR OVER FIVE YEARS TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT YOUTH SUICIDE THE CAMPUS SUICIDE THE NATIONAL ACTION PREVENTION ALLIANCE FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION provides services for students with depression, substance abuse, and other behavioral health problems that put them at risk of suicide. Leaders from Government, business, the advocacy community, and other groups are working together to advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. NATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT CRISIS LINE, OFFERS IMMEDIATE HELP FOR GRADS IN CRISIS 1-800-GRAD-HLP (1-800-47 2-3457) Brought to you by: collegedegreesearch.net Sources http://www.thedailybeast.com/artides/2010/04/04/the-50-most-stresstu-colleges.html http://www.nabita.org/documents/New DataonMatureotSuldidalCrisis.pdf http://www.thedalybeast.com/newsweek/gallerles/2012/08/05/college-rankings-2012-most-stresstul-schools-photos.htmlkslide_3 http://www.nytimes.com/201/OVZI/education/27colleges.html?_r=0 Suldde statistics taken from numbers provided by the American College Health Assodiation (ACHA) http://youngaduts.about.com/od/healthandsatety/a/5signsstress.htm http://www.stateuniversity.com/blog/permalin/Suldde-and-Sulcidal-Behaviors-Among-Callege-Studentshtml http//tacts.andomhistory.com/2009/07/5_sukcide.html

Crisis on Campus: the Untold Story of Student Suicides

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6 % of undergraduates and 4 percent of graduate students in 4-year colleges have “seriously considered attempting suicide” in the past year—and nearly half of each group did not tell anyone.

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