Mental health articles

hospitalization for suicide attempts Given the stigma, managed care constraints, signifi cantly reduced numbers of available inpatient beds, and other issues, hospitalizations are not the answer for every suicidal student. Indeed, the need for hospitalization, management while hospitalized, and postdischarge planning are all tinged with medicallegal implications and liability issues for clinicians, other counseling center […]

Protective factors of suicide Protective factors are believed to enhance resilience and counterbalance risk factors (U.S. DHHS, 2001). Promoting healthy behaviors and protecting students from health risks are some of the preventive interventions available to college students (Silverman et al., 1997). College campuses provide student support services, including easy and lowcost access to physical and […]

Warning signs of suicide Many risk factors are historical or immutable, and hence not targets of intervention, such as age, gender, race/ethnicity, and family history of psychiatric illness. Therefore attention has focused on elucidating warning signs of acute risk (Rudd, 2003; Rudd et al., in press). Verbal warning signs are as follows: “I’m thinking of […]

Although true one-to-one causation is diffi cult to establish, certain risk factors, alone or in combination, are associated with increased risk for suicidal behaviors and completed suicides. Due to the overlap in age between adolescents and college students, the risk factors for adolescents also generally apply to college students. Recently a major report on treating […]