TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors related to suicide among students
T2 - a narrative review of psychological literature
AU - Javed, Saba
AU - Munawar, Khadeeja
N1 - Funding Information:
Author contributions : All authors (i.e., S.J. and K.M.) have contributed equally to this work. S.J. conceived the idea of this paper, supervised the entire process and added important intellectual content. K.M. contributed substantially to the manuscript write-up as well as reviewed and provided feedback for improvements. All authors have also agreed to be accountable for all aspects of this manuscript in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of this manuscript are appropriately investigated and resolved.
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© 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2021/9/6
Y1 - 2021/9/6
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide an educational overview of suicidal behavior and the factors related to suicidality among students between the ages of 18 and 30 years. Design/methodology/approach: The literature related to suicide among students were identified through various electronic database searches. The databases searched included: PsycINFO, PubMed, MEDLINE, ERIC/ProQuest, Embase, Scopus, Google Scholar and PMC using the following search terms and their derivatives: suicide/self-harm, suicide risk and students, mental health issues and suicide, substance use and suicide, childhood adversities and suicide, recent life stressors, help-seeking attitude and elevated suicidal risk, help-seeking behavior and suicide and subjective factors and suicide. Findings: Suicide is an important public health problem. Several factors influence suicide (including suicidal ideation and taking life or dying by suicide) such as genetics, family functions, socioeconomic status, personality and psychiatric comorbidity. The main themes that were investigated included: mental health issues, childhood adversity and recent life stressors, barriers toward seeking professional help and subjective factors (psychache risk of suicidal behavior, impulsivity, aggression). Originality/value: This review focuses on several modifiable psychological factors that have been shown to contribute toward suicidal ideation in youth, especially among university students.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide an educational overview of suicidal behavior and the factors related to suicidality among students between the ages of 18 and 30 years. Design/methodology/approach: The literature related to suicide among students were identified through various electronic database searches. The databases searched included: PsycINFO, PubMed, MEDLINE, ERIC/ProQuest, Embase, Scopus, Google Scholar and PMC using the following search terms and their derivatives: suicide/self-harm, suicide risk and students, mental health issues and suicide, substance use and suicide, childhood adversities and suicide, recent life stressors, help-seeking attitude and elevated suicidal risk, help-seeking behavior and suicide and subjective factors and suicide. Findings: Suicide is an important public health problem. Several factors influence suicide (including suicidal ideation and taking life or dying by suicide) such as genetics, family functions, socioeconomic status, personality and psychiatric comorbidity. The main themes that were investigated included: mental health issues, childhood adversity and recent life stressors, barriers toward seeking professional help and subjective factors (psychache risk of suicidal behavior, impulsivity, aggression). Originality/value: This review focuses on several modifiable psychological factors that have been shown to contribute toward suicidal ideation in youth, especially among university students.
KW - Forensic psychiatry
KW - Mental health
KW - policy
KW - risk factors
KW - Students
KW - Suicidal behavior
KW - Suicide
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85106332844
U2 - 10.1108/MHRJ-08-2020-0061
DO - 10.1108/MHRJ-08-2020-0061
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106332844
SN - 1361-9322
VL - 26
SP - 238
EP - 246
JO - Mental Health Review Journal
JF - Mental Health Review Journal
IS - 3
ER -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being