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To evaluate the prevalence and severity of suicidal ideation, depression, and self-harm, and their relationship to psychiatric treatment status among undergraduate college students.

June 8, 2007Depression and Anxiety

Depression, desperation, and suicidal ideation in college students: results from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention College Screening Project at Emory University

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SGSteven J. Garlow JRJill Rosenberg JMJacqueline D. Moore

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Screening study finds high rates of untreated suicidal ideation and depression in college students, highlighting an urgent need for targeted campus mental health outreach.

Key Points

To evaluate the prevalence and severity of suicidal ideation, depression, and self-harm, and their relationship to psychiatric treatment status among undergraduate college students.
Screened N=729 undergraduate students across a single university over a 3-school-year period (2002–2005).
Assessed depression using the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) alongside evaluations of suicidal ideation, past suicide attempts, deliberate self-harm, anxiety, and desperation.
Current suicidal ideation was reported by 11.1% of students, while 16.5% reported a lifetime history of a suicide attempt or self-injurious episode.
Depression severity was significantly higher in students with current suicidal ideation (t = -9.34, df = 706, P < .0001, Cohen's d = 1.9), with ideation present in 28.5% of students scoring ≥15 on the PHQ-9 versus 5.7% scoring lower (chi-square = 56.29, df = 1, P < .0001).
Suicidal ideation strongly correlated with feelings of desperation (OR 2.6, 95% CI 1.5–4.6, P < .001), yet 84% of students with active ideation and 85% with moderate-to-severe depression were not receiving psychiatric treatment.

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Garlow et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dbdd05eb8801008ea3c034 https://doi.org/10.1002/da.20321

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June 8, 2007Depression and Anxiety

Depression, desperation, and suicidal ideation in college students: results from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention College Screening Project at Emory University

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Authors

SGSteven J. Garlow JRJill Rosenberg JMJacqueline D. Moore

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Overview

Screening study finds high rates of untreated suicidal ideation and depression in college students, highlighting an urgent need for targeted campus mental health outreach.

Key Points

To evaluate the prevalence and severity of suicidal ideation, depression, and self-harm, and their relationship to psychiatric treatment status among undergraduate college students.
Screened N=729 undergraduate students across a single university over a 3-school-year period (2002–2005).
Assessed depression using the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) alongside evaluations of suicidal ideation, past suicide attempts, deliberate self-harm, anxiety, and desperation.
Current suicidal ideation was reported by 11.1% of students, while 16.5% reported a lifetime history of a suicide attempt or self-injurious episode.
Depression severity was significantly higher in students with current suicidal ideation (t = -9.34, df = 706, P < .0001, Cohen's d = 1.9), with ideation present in 28.5% of students scoring ≥15 on the PHQ-9 versus 5.7% scoring lower (chi-square = 56.29, df = 1, P < .0001).
Suicidal ideation strongly correlated with feelings of desperation (OR 2.6, 95% CI 1.5–4.6, P < .001), yet 84% of students with active ideation and 85% with moderate-to-severe depression were not receiving psychiatric treatment.

Cite This Study

Garlow et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dbdd05eb8801008ea3c034 https://doi.org/10.1002/da.20321

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