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Afroze N Shaikh1, Jordan B Westcott2, Mary Chase Breedlove Mize3
1Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Objective:
This study describes the prevalence of and relationships between suicide risk, substance use, and help-seeking intentions among college students, as well as knowledge and utilization of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Participants:
The sample included 1,345 racially diverse college students from a large, urban university in the Southeastern United States.
Methods:
SPSS was used to test correlational relationships between help-seeking intentions and suicide or substance use. Descriptive statistics revealed current rates of suicide risk, substance use, and help-seeking intentions.
Results:
Help-seeking intentions was negatively correlated with suicide risk, suicide behavior, and substance use frequency. Only 20 participants reported using the 988 Lifeline, while 56.6% of participants were unaware of the service. During a crisis, 21.9% of participants reported they would not contact any services.
Conclusions:
These findings suggest the need for crisis training across services and social supports, and greater public awareness of mental health and crisis services.
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