TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Researcher cautions against initiatives to reduce student suicide that lack evidence
JO  - BMJ
A1  - Nunez-Mulder, Laura
SP  - k3969
EP  - k3969
VL  - 362
IS  - 
N2  - <p>Universities are implementing policies to reduce suicide among students and improve mental health with little evidence that they will make any difference, a researcher has warned.    A total of 5821 suicides were reported in the UK in 2017, 10.1 deaths per 100 000 population, a proportion among the lowest since records began in 1981.1 About one in 60 deaths by suicide in 2017 (95) were carried out by a student in higher education.12    Data also show that the proportion of university students declaring a mental health condition has more than tripled in recent years, from 0.8% in 2010-11 to 2.5% …</p>  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0959-535X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k3969
ID  - ref1
ER  -