Suicide a Problem for Americas Colleges
Paul C. Kadzielski
As of March 19th 2010 six students had committed suicide at Cornell University during the 2009-2010 academic year. Three of those suicides took place within the last 30 days. The two most recent suicides were both engineering majors who jumped from the Thurston Avenue Bridge into the gorge below on March 18th and March 19th. There appears to be no connection between any of the suicides at the upstate New York university. The school upped its suicide prevention programs in 2002 and had been suicide free since 2005. Suicide is the number 2 killer of college students in America just behind accidental deaths and the number 3 killer of people between the ages to 15 and 24. The national suicide rate is holding steady, accounting for approximately 13% of all college student deaths across the country.
- Approximately 1,100 college students commit suicide each academic year (2005)
- Nearly half of all college students consider suicide while attending a university
- Students experiencing depression or excess stress are encouraged to seek free confidential help at LMU’s Student Psychological Services (310) 338-2868
- National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800 273-8255
Additional Information:
http://www.lmu.edu/page1330.aspx
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Health/story?id=1188772
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-03-16-IHE-cornell-suicides-16_ST_N.htm
http://www.statisticstop10.com/Causes_of_Death_College_Age_Adults.htmlhttp://www.suicide.org/college-student-suicide.html
No comments:
Post a Comment