Suicide and Associated Risk Factors Among College Students

Suicide among College Students **

Suicide is more common among college students than many people realize. A recent survey of the causes of death of 209 Yale University students from 1920 to 1955 revealed the following most common causes of death: (i) accidents-43.8 per cent; (ii) suicide-12 per cent; (iii) heart and circulatory diseases-7.7 per cent; (iv) pneumonia-7.2 per cent; and (v) central nervous system infections-6.3 per...

Cardiovascular Risk Factors among College Students

Result: All were students asymptomatic for CVD, 36 (15.5%) were smokers, 92 (39.6%) consumed mostly fatty diet, 17 (7.3%) were obese. 22 (9.5%) were physically inactive, 24 (10.3%) had positive parental history of CHD death, 49 (21.1%) had type A personality, 5 (2.2%) had diabetes mellitus, 13 (5.6%) had systolic blood pressure > 140 mmHg, and 20 (8.6%) had diastolic blood pressure > 90 mmHg. T...

Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Suicide Ideation and Attempts in Korean College Students

OBJECTIVE Suicide is a leading cause of death in college age students. Identification of the associated risk factors has important implications for how to prevent and respond to this population; however, few studies have been performed on this topic in this age group. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors associated with suicide ideation and attempts in colle...

[Suicide planning among teenage students: prevalence and associated factors].

This cross-sectional study evaluated the prevalence of suicide planning and associated factors in a representative sample of 12- to-18-year-old students in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Two self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data: a questionnaire, standardized by the World Health Organization, about use of alcohol and drugs, violence, feelings of loneliness a...

Suicide Ideation and Its Associated Risk Factors among Adolescent Students in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Event-specific risk and ecological factors associated with prepartying among heavier drinking college students.

Using event-specific data, the present study sought to identify relevant risk factors and risky drinking patterns associated with prepartying. Analyses focused on drinking outcomes as a function of drinking game playing and the social context on occasions where prepartying did and did not occur. This research utilized a representative two-site sample of prepartiers who also reported a heavy epi...