Suicide among Ugandan university students: evidence from media reports for 2010-2020.
Suicide
media reporting suicide
students
university students
youth
Journal
BJPsych international
ISSN: 2056-4740
Titre abrégé: BJPsych Int
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101654173
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2021
Aug 2021
Historique:
received:
04
01
2021
revised:
26
02
2021
accepted:
01
03
2021
entrez:
12
8
2021
pubmed:
13
8
2021
medline:
13
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
University students are in transition to adulthood and face multiple challenges that may lead to suicide. They are reported to have a higher risk of suicide by the World Health Organization. As there is no national suicide database in Uganda, we analysed student suicide using the press/media reports of suicides published between 2010 and 2020. A total of deaths by 23 suicide were identified: 19 were males, relationship problems were the main suicide reason (
Identifiants
pubmed: 34382950
doi: 10.1192/bji.2021.13
pii: S2056474021000131
pmc: PMC8314982
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
63-67Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2021.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None.
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