Study: Incidence of suicidal thoughts in students high

Courtesy UT - Office of Public Affairs  Thu, 08/21/2008 - 10:00am

More than half of 26,000 students surveyed across 70 colleges and universities reported having at least one episode of suicidal thinking at some point in their lives, according to a University of Texas at Austin study.

Fifteen percent of students surveyed reported they have seriously considered suicide and more than five percent reported at least one [...]


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