TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Epidemiology of non-fatal suicidal behavior among first-year university students in South Africa
JO  - Death studies
A1  - Bantjes, Jason
A1  - Breet, Elsie
A1  - Saal, Wylene
A1  - Lochner, Christine
A1  - Roos, Janine
A1  - Taljaard, Lian
A1  - Mortier, Philippe
A1  - Auerbach, Randy P.
A1  - Bruffaerts, Ronny
A1  - Kessler, Ronald C.
A1  - Stein, Dan J.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Supplemental data for this article can be accessed on the publisher's website.We used a cross-sectional web-based survey and discrete-time survival analysis with person-year as unit of analysis and retrospective age-of-onset reports to estimate prevalence and predictors of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt, and transitions from ideation to plan and attempt among South African university students (<i>n</i> = 1402). The lifetime prevalence of ideation, plan, and attempt were 46.4% (<i>n =</i> 650), 26.5% (<i>n =</i> 372), and 8.6% (<i>n =</i> 120), respectively. Multiple temporally primary mental disorders predicted subsequent onset of suicidality and transitions from ideation to plan and attempt. <br><br>RESULTS highlight the need for campus-based suicide prevention in South Africa, vulnerability of historically disadvantaged students, and the importance of promoting mental health in suicide prevention.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-1187
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2019.1701143
ID  - ref1
ER  -