Suicidal Thought and Behaviors among Junior and Senior Medical Students
Background: Youth suicide is a major public health concern. Suicide statistics show an increase in the suicide rates among young students including medical students. To explore self-harming behavior among medical students at Yazd Azad University. Methods: Suicidal ideation in medical students studyi...
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| author | Fatemeh Fallah Tafti Hamid Owliaei Reza Bidaki Naser Dashti |
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| description | Background: Youth suicide is a major public health concern. Suicide statistics show an increase in the suicide rates among young students including medical students. To explore self-harming behavior among medical students at Yazd Azad University.
Methods: Suicidal ideation in medical students studying at Yazd Azad University was explored within a descriptive cross-sectional study design. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 200 students. For comparison purposes, the sample was divided into two groups of seniors (student intake from 2013/14), and juniors (student intake from 2017/18). Beck Suicide scale was used to measure suicidal behavior.
Results: We found 16% of the participants exhibited suicidal ideation, of whom 87.5% demonstrated a low desire to commit suicide and 12.5% had a strong desire to commit suicide. In this data set, the relationship between “suicidal ideation” and “gender, marital status and grade” appeared statistically significant.
Conclusion: To protect against suicide and reverse the rising trend, preventive strategies must focus on supporting students to feel comfortable in talking about their suicidal thoughts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3395c3848d0b4326b14cffdfc159836e2025-08-20T03:14:35ZengShahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesJournal of Social Behavior and Community Health2783-21042022-05-0161819825Suicidal Thought and Behaviors among Junior and Senior Medical StudentsFatemeh Fallah Tafti0Hamid Owliaei1Reza Bidaki2Naser Dashti3 Department of Medical Science, Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran. Forensic Medicine Department, Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran. Psychiatry Department, Research Center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences , Yazd, Iran. Psychiatry Department, Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran. Background: Youth suicide is a major public health concern. Suicide statistics show an increase in the suicide rates among young students including medical students. To explore self-harming behavior among medical students at Yazd Azad University. Methods: Suicidal ideation in medical students studying at Yazd Azad University was explored within a descriptive cross-sectional study design. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 200 students. For comparison purposes, the sample was divided into two groups of seniors (student intake from 2013/14), and juniors (student intake from 2017/18). Beck Suicide scale was used to measure suicidal behavior. Results: We found 16% of the participants exhibited suicidal ideation, of whom 87.5% demonstrated a low desire to commit suicide and 12.5% had a strong desire to commit suicide. In this data set, the relationship between “suicidal ideation” and “gender, marital status and grade” appeared statistically significant. Conclusion: To protect against suicide and reverse the rising trend, preventive strategies must focus on supporting students to feel comfortable in talking about their suicidal thoughts.http://sbrh.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-170-en.pdfsuicidal ideationmedical studentsbeck suicide thought questionnaireharmful behavior |
| spellingShingle | Fatemeh Fallah Tafti Hamid Owliaei Reza Bidaki Naser Dashti Suicidal Thought and Behaviors among Junior and Senior Medical Students Journal of Social Behavior and Community Health suicidal ideation medical students beck suicide thought questionnaire harmful behavior |
| title | Suicidal Thought and Behaviors among Junior and Senior Medical Students |
| title_full | Suicidal Thought and Behaviors among Junior and Senior Medical Students |
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| title_sort | suicidal thought and behaviors among junior and senior medical students |
| topic | suicidal ideation medical students beck suicide thought questionnaire harmful behavior |
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