| Title: |
Help-Seeking and Disclosure in University Students with Suicidal Thoughts and Self-Harm: A Systematic Review |
| Authors: |
Barnett, Phoebe; Tickell, Alice; Osborn, Thomas; Delamain, Henry; Fonagy, Peter; Pilling, Stephen; Gibbon, Laura |
| Source: |
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (2024) (In press). |
| Publisher Information: |
Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
University College London: UCL Discovery |
| Subject Terms: |
Suicide; Help-seeking; Students; University; Disclosure |
| Description: |
Suicide is a serious problem among university students. As suicidal thoughts and self-harm are predictive of completed suicide, students experiencing these problems would benefit from seeking support. This systematic review synthesised research on help-seeking in university students with suicidal thoughts and self-harm, including rates, sources, and associated factors. Searches were conducted in Medline, PsychINFO, and ERIC (inception to 10/11/2023) and grey literature databases PsycEXTRA and BASE (inception to 23/12/2023) for population-based epidemiological or qualitative studies. Findings were narratively synthesised. Twenty-two studies using 16 unique datasets were included. Most studies were US-based. Over half of the students with suicidal thoughts and self-harm did not seek or receive help for their mental health while at university, with lower rates in men and ethnic minority groups. Demographic, social and service-use influencing factors were identified. The low rates of help-seeking identified in this at-risk group highlight the need for research into interventions to improve help-seeking as part of suicide prevention efforts. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10202816/1/Help%20seeking%20in%20university%20students.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10202816/ |
| Availability: |
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10202816/1/Help%20seeking%20in%20university%20students.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10202816/ |
| Rights: |
open |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.47771BE7 |
| Database: |
BASE |