Psychotherapy as Opportunity to Prevent College Student Suicide

Whitaker, Leighton C.

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“…Thus Kitzrow (2003), in stressing the importance of ongoing education, outreach, and advertising campaigns to inform students about mental health issues and encouraging them to utilize the services available, sees value in creating an ample network of support for students. Whitaker (1986), in addition to showing psychotherapists can help prevent suicide, explains how adopting a "culture of caring" where faculty, staff, and other students display kind and caring attitudes toward others can help eliminate feelings of self-destructiveness and poor self-worth on a college campus.…”

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College Student Suicide

Schwartz

Friedman

2009

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

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Journal of College Student PsychotherapyPublication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information:This article reviews the topic of college student suicide. Empirical and theoretical studies are reviewed. The research is presented in distinct sections. First, we present background information on college student suicide emphasized in a select number of cited literature reviews, followed by a review of a select number of key quantitative studies aimed at investigating risk factors and predictors of suicide among the college student population. Next, we discuss a select number of articles offering suggestions for the treatment and prevention of suicide based on the literature, including those articles that specifically explain developed prevention programs. Finally, obstacles to prevention are examined. Recommendations and future directions for research and practice are examined, which are particularly significant in light of tragic events on many different college campuses in recent years.

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“…Whitaker (1986) contends that psychotherapy can and should be viewed as a preventive tool. His claim is that students who attempt suicide most likely suffer from low self-esteem, do not feel loved by those around them, and do not view themselves as good enough to be worthy of help.…”

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College Student Suicide

Schwartz

Friedman

2009

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

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“…While institutions of higher education might seem unlikely settings in which to commit suicide, they represent ideal settings in which to prevent it. Whitaker (1986) noted that colleges and universities are self‐selected, intentional communities with an abundance of medical resources. They function at the forefront of enlightened attitudes toward community involvement and the use of psychotherapy.…”

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“…Campus prevention projects, both proposed and undertaken, can be divided into one of four overlapping categories: (1) cultivation of a community of caring (Benard & Benard, 1980; Knott, 1973; Funderbunk & Archer, 1989; Webb, 1986; Whitaker, 1986; Whitaker & Slimak, 1990); (2) identification and referral of at‐risk students (Jed Foundation, 2001; Dashef, 1984; Meilman et al, 1994; Ottens, 1984); (3) reduction of academic stress (Jed Foundation, 2007; Knott, 1973); and (4) postvention following a completed suicide (Benard & Benard, 1980; Webb, 1986). See Westefeld et al (2006) for a recent review of campus prevention efforts.…”

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An Empirically Supported Program to Prevent Suicide in a College Student Population

Joffe

2008

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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In the fall of 1984, the University of Illinois instituted a formal program to reduce the rate of suicide among its enrolled students. At the core of the program is a policy that requires any student who threatens or attempts suicide to attend four sessions of professional assessment. The consequences for failing to comply with the program include withdrawal from the university. In the 21 years that the program has been in effect, reports on 2,017 suicide incidents have been submitted to the Suicide Prevention Team. The rate of suicide at locations within Champaign County (where the university is located) have decreased from a rate of 6.91 per 100,000 enrolled students during the 8 years prior to the program's start to a rate of 3.78 during the first 21 years of the program. This represents a reduction of 45.3 percent. This reduction occurred against a backdrop of stable rates of suicide both nationally and among 11 peer institutions within the Big Ten. The implications for programs and policies at institutions of higher education are discussed.

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“…Intervention refers to how to most effectively work with college students who present with active suicidal thinking or desires. Psychotherapy or counseling is an important component of intervention for college students who may be contemplating suicide and for those students who have experienced past suicide attempt(s) (Furr et al, 2001;Hazel et al, 2011;Westefeld et al, 2000a;Whitaker, 1987).…”

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Understanding the experiences of college student suicide attempt survivors

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Suicide among college students is a long-standing problem and has received considerable attention within the field of suicidology and beyond. The identification of risk and protective factors, theories related to college student suicide, and prevention, intervention and postvention efforts all reflect the solid basis of research that has been completed on college student suicide. In an attempt to further understand suicide among college students, the current study employed a novel methodological approach, one that explores suicide though college student suicide attempt survivors (N=7), and utilized a qualitative method for data analysis. The use of consensual qualitative research (CQR) was used as a way to gain a more in-depth understanding of the participants' experiences (related to what led up to their attempts, what occurred in the aftermath of their attempts, and how the attempts have been integrated into their present day life). Results of the study built upon previous research and provided important implications for both the treatment of college student suicide attempt survivors (and other at-risk students) and suicide prevention efforts on college campuses. The study offered a new perspective and understanding on an old and complex phenomenon.

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