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
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

63-67

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2021.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

None.

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Auteurs

Mark Mohan Kaggwa (MM)

Postgraduate Student, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda; and African Centre for Suicide Prevention and Research, Uganda. Email: kmarkmohan@gmail.com.

Moses Muwanguzi (M)

Undergraduate Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda.

Elicana Nduhuura (E)

Undergraduate Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda.

Jonathan Kajjimu (J)

Undergraduate Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda.

Innocent Arinaitwe (I)

Undergraduate Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda.

Moses Kule (M)

Undergraduate Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda.

Sarah Maria Najjuka (SM)

Medical Student, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Godfrey Zari Rukundo (GZ)

Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda; and African Centre for Suicide Prevention and Research, Uganda.

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