The student newspaper of Bucks County Community College

The Centurion

The student newspaper of Bucks County Community College

The Centurion

The student newspaper of Bucks County Community College

The Centurion

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Bucks hosting suicide workshop

According to studies conducted by Emory University, one in 10 college students has made a plan for suicide, over 1,000 suicides every year happen on college campuses and “lifetime thoughts” of attempting suicide are reported to occur among 18 percent of undergraduates.

As studies show, high suicide rates among college students, Bucks is planning to combat this recent epidemic by educating students with a workshop on April 16 to teach students how to notice the signs of depression and suicide.

The Bucks County Counseling Center along with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will be presenting a film called “The Truth about Suicide: Real Stories of Depression in College” at 1 p.m. in the Gallagher room.

Studies conducted by Emory University show that suicide is the third leading cause of death among people ages 15-24, and the second leading cause of death in individuals ages 25-34.

This is especially prevalent to college students, who have shown ample signs of depression, according to several other surveys.

In 2011, the American College Health Association and the National College Health Assessment found that about 30 percent of college students reported feeling “so depressed that it was difficult to function” at some time in the past year.

Some Bucks students say that depression could be linked to slim job opportunities and disillusionment with one’s place in society.

Other’s like Alaa Ajaj, 19, believes the depression/suicide rate escalation is a result of “the ones with depression being reluctant to seek help.”

Ajaj is quite accurate in her assumption. Over two-thirds of young people do not talk about or seek help for mental health problems.

The workshop will go over several topics such as the relationship between depression and suicide, statistics on suicide in the college population, warning signs and how an individual or friend can get help for suicide.

The event will be held on April 16 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Gallagher room.