@article{ref1,
title="Self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among college students",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="2011",
author="Toprak, Sadik and Cetin, Ilhan and Guven, Taner and Can, Gunay and Demircan, Cetin",
volume="187",
number="1-2",
pages="140-144",
abstract="Self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts are well represented behaviours in the general population of both developed and developing countries. These behaviours are indicative of underlying risk factors that show a strong interdependent correlation. In this study we attempted to define correlates for and prevalence of self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts among Turkish college students. This 2006 study included 636 students from two Turkish state universities. Our results showed that the lifetime prevalence of self-harm was 15.4%, the prevalence of suicidal ideation was 11.4%, and the prevalence of suicide attempts was 7.1%. We uncovered correlates for self-harm, including low income, unsatisfying familial relationships, smoking, and alcohol, inhalant, and tranquilizer abuse. Tranquilizer abuse shared a dual role as a correlate for suicide ideation and as a means to attempt suicide. Additionally, we found that drug abusers and adolescents who practise self-harm presented the highest suicide risk.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="10.1016/j.psychres.2010.09.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2010.09.009"
}