{"id":43641,"date":"2018-05-10T11:18:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T18:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=43641"},"modified":"2018-05-10T11:18:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T18:18:14","slug":"suicides-at-record-level-among-uk-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/suicides-at-record-level-among-uk-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicides at record level among UK students"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAccording to a recent study, the rates of suicide among students in the UK has\u00a0reached record levels<\/a>. The international study, by Raymond Kwok and colleagues at Hong Kong University\u2019s Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, provides further evidence that large numbers of students attending UK universities are struggling to maintain their mental health.<\/p>\n

The study contributes to growing evidence of a problem with student mental health \u2013 and confirms the findings of\u00a0previous studies<\/a>\u00a0which suggest a fivefold increase in the number of students disclosing mental health problems over the last ten years. This comes on top of an\u00a0increase in the number of students leaving courses<\/a>\u00a0because of mental health difficulties.<\/p>\n

And while this issue isn\u2019t just\u00a0limited to the UK<\/a>, the scale of the crisis at UK universities has seen many counselling and mental health services overwhelmed by rising demand.<\/p>\n

Why is this happening?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Students attend university at a developing stage of their young adulthood \u2013 and making this transition from home life to university life can be emotionally challenging. Leaving behind existing support networks can also be highly difficult for students.<\/p>\n

Many students come from complex backgrounds where mental health issues have already manifested. And while there is a stereotype that students just \u201cdrink and take drugs\u201d, this obviously isn\u2019t the case for all students \u2013 which makes a student\u2019s\u00a0circumstances potentially complex<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The demands of academic life and the pressures of financially making ends meet can also be a real problem for students. And it\u2019s not just undergraduate students who feel the strain of student life either. In one survey of 2,279 PhD candidates, many reported\u00a0high rates of anxiety and depression<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For these students, there is not just the demand to complete a PhD thesis over three years, but also the teaching, admin, research \u2013 and that\u2019s without mentioning the full-time and part-time jobs many students\u00a0have to take on to survive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All of which no doubt contributes to university drop out rates and failure to produce academic work. For students, this adds to the tensions and feelings of low worth \u2013 which impact things well beyond\u00a0the confines of the university campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How to help students<\/strong><\/h4>\n

To help students in need, more personalised forms of support are required \u2013 that acknowledge past traumas and distressed states \u2013 to address key sources of stress. In this way, there should be a concerted effort to tackle the root causes of the problem.<\/p>\n

But this isn\u2019t just down to counselling services or university mental health teams, everyone on campus has a role to play \u2013 from the lecturers to support staff. This is important, because students might be more likely to turn to a regular friendly face for help, rather than reach out to an official support service.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, universities have a responsibility to create safe spaces and to provide support beyond the campus. And with latest figures showing that the suicide rates among UK students have increased by\u00a056% in the last ten years<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 to overtake the suicide rate of young people in the general population for the first time \u2013 it is clear that a huge effort is needed to provide more support and reassurance to students, throughout their studies.<\/p>\n

Author Bios:<\/strong> Michael Richards is a Lecturer in Applied Health and Social Care,John Marsden is a Lecturer in Counselling & Psychotherapy and Sean Creaney is a Lecturer in Psychosocial Analysis of Offending Behaviour all at Edge Hill University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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