Suicide Prevention for LGBT Students

A College Suicide Prevention Model for American Indian Students

College student suicide prevention efforts are important to campus administrators and mental health professionals due to increasing concerns about managing suicidal students. This article describes the development and preliminary effectiveness of a campus suicide prevention program designed for American Indian (AI) students who are at higher risk for suicide compared with the general population...

Suicide Prevention in College Students: A Collaborative Approach.

Described by Durkheim (1966) as the crudest expression of the social phenomena, suicide is of interest to clinicians, academics and researchers. Within the academic context, this issue has to be addressed and prevented. We are interested in sharing the process of participative action that led to the creation of a Suicide Prevention Program (SPP) for college students. Based on knowledge that was...

Medical Students and Suicide Prevention: Training, Education, and Personal Risks

Attitudes towards suicide following an undergraduate suicide prevention module: experience of medical students in Hong Kong.

OBJECTIVES To explore qualitative and quantitative changes in attitudes and experiences of medical students following a special study suicide prevention module. DESIGN Pilot study. SETTING The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS A 2-week intensive special studies module was delivered to third- and fourth-year medical students in June 2011. The module was elective and involved...

suicide prevention: a resource for the family

the family can play an important role in the prevention of suicide if it is capable of aiding the mental health care services in the early detection and management of family members at risk. in order to attain that goal the whole family should be qualified and rid of some myths associated with suicidal behavior. some scientific criteria which should be taken into consideration by the family in ...