"In colleges and universities in the United States, suicide is one of the most common causes of death among students.[1] Each year, approximately 24,000 college students attempt suicide while 1,100 students succeed in their attempt, making suicide the second-leading cause of death among U.S. college students.[2][3] Roughly 12% of college students report the occurrence of suicide ideation during their first four years in college, with 2.6% percent reporting persistent suicide ideation.[3] 65% of college students reported that they knew someone who has either attempted or died by suicide, showing that the majority of students on college campuses are exposed to suicide or suicidal attempts.[4]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_colleges_in_the_United_States#:~:text=In%20colleges%20and%20universities%20in,death%20among%20U.S.%20college%20students.
"Why Is Suicide So Common Among College Students?"
https://www.govst.edu/suicide-prevention/
"Burnout in College: What Causes It and How to Avoid It"
https://collegeinfogeek.com/student-burnout/
High pressures and high need for performance and failure risk for adolescents with high ambitions in whom some also have a generally vulnerable personality toward high archiement. There is high stress in this large population which gives severe entrapment in a vulnerable subpopulation..... Read the diasthesis stress model in the following bookchapter from Harmer https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK565877/
Solution?? Of course a system for prevention (warning signs) and treatment. Treament after attempts and for recognized vulnerable students
When you do what you really are interested in then you suffer from eustress not distress. We need some stress in our life to feel that life is interesting and worth living. When people do not experience any meaning in what they do, some get suicidal ideation.
There is nothing more tragic than student suicide. iAcademic stress plays a part but there is also being away from home, often too early, disillusionment with both social and academic life, substance abuse, behavioral addictions, broken hearts, competitiveness, loneliness, lack of confidants, mental health problems, medical problems, stigmatization, money problems, bullying, unsympathetic teachers. Large universities are cold, anonymous places and students come unprepared.
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