TRAUMA AND SUICIDE FOR COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS

Trauma and Suicide for College Age Students

Trauma and Suicide for College Age Students

Introduction

Suicide in college students is one of the most difficult to understand. Adolescence is a period during which many significant changes occur. The transition from childhood to adulthood can sometimes be complex and intimidating. For the young, the pressure associated with success at school, at home and within social groups is often enormous. On the other hand, they may not have gained enough experience to know that difficult situations are always an end. Mental health problems commonly associated with depression as adults also affect young people. Any of these factors could cause suffering that would lead them to consider suicide to stop it.

Despite this, people are often reluctant to speak, either because of the stigma attached to suicide because of the guilt or shame they feel. To aid professionals, the presence of suicidal ideation and behavior is one of the most challenging situations presented by the difficulty in handling and potential dangers. Although completed suicide is a relatively uncommon, behavior and suicidal ideation is more prevalent in the population as a symptom that may be present in many mental disorders such as Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder. In addition, suicidal behavior can be view as a range behaviors and thoughts that go into a continuum of severity from suicide ideation (e.g., thoughts of wanting to die), suicide threats, attempts or gestures moderate to serious attempts and completed suicide. Ideation and suicidal behavior more frequently detected in university students. The last decades have seen a national increase in students have severe mental health problems and seeking help centers counseling. (Dunne, 2000)

The suicidal behavior has identified several risk factors control. As female gender, low self-esteem, lack of control, and low-yield to academic, negative family atmosphere, physical or sexual abuse is the most common factor. However, statistical regression analyses of several investigations have found depression, impulsivity and substance abuse drugs, such as predictors of suicide. Despite advances in understanding and sociology prevention of suicide, many countries do not have adequate policies, and in most countries, there are no studies on populations at risk, such as gifted students, for which as general belief are more suicidal behaviors. (Dunne, 2007)

What is Trauma?

Trauma is both a medical as well as a psychological concept. Medical trauma means a larger physical injury or wound. From a psychological point of view, trauma refers to experiences that are painful, stressful and shocking are emotional and persistent mental and physical effects resulting in common. In order not to confuse the terms, Germany, this type of trauma in general, referred to as psychological trauma.

A psychological trauma or emotional injury is a normal reaction to an extreme event. The memories of the stressful event are strong emotions associated with and stored in the structure of the brain. (Bolton, 2003)

It generally assumed that the risk of emotional disturbance is greater the more, the more directly the traumatic event ...