After farmers, bankrupts, laid-off workers, stars and other high-risk suicide groups, college students have also joined the ranks of this group.
According to China Daily, suicide has become the leading cause of death among people aged 20-35 in China. Western research shows that the youth suicide rate in China has risen sharply. About 600 people commit suicide every day in China, and the number of attempted suicides is between 2.5 million and 3.5 million, among which young people account for a large proportion.
In the first half of this year, a student from the School of Information of Beijing Union University launched a survey on college students' suicide. He distributed 200 questionnaires in Beijing Union University, university of international business and economics, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and beijing university of chemical technology. The survey results show that 26% of college students have thought of suicide.
According to a survey conducted by China Youth Daily, 14% of college students have depressive symptoms, 17% have anxiety symptoms and 12% have hostility. Why do college students walk into a dead end According to experts' analysis, the main factors leading to the rising suicide rate of college students can be summarized as follows:
1. Mental illness. Research by Beijing Psychological Crisis Research and Intervention Center shows that the first cause of suicide is severe depression, and young people in China, especially those with university degrees, account for a very high proportion of patients with depression. Arthur kleinman, a psychiatrist at Harvard University, believes that young people lack experience in coping with difficulties and are prone to depression, which leads to a more serious psychological crisis.
2. Love failed. According to the survey of Nanjing Crisis Intervention Center, love failure accounts for 44.2% of college students' suicide reasons.
3. Study pressure. According to the survey of Nanjing Crisis Intervention Center, the study pressure accounts for 29.8% of college students' suicides. Professor Lin Yonghe, president of the Psychological Counseling Research Association of Beijing Higher Education Society, said that in the past, undergraduates were the majority of students who committed suicide in colleges and universities, but now the proportion of master's and doctor's suicides is increasing, because the pressure faced by highly educated students is more prominent than in the past.
4. Family reasons. According to the research of Professor Wang Jisheng from the Institute of Psychology of China Academy of Social Sciences, 70% of parents in China have unqualified education methods, of which 30% are overprotective, 30% are over-supervised, and 10% are severe punishment and traditional beating and scolding. The result of these unqualified education methods is that young people have poor ability to bear setbacks and poor adaptability.
In addition, the post-80s generation are mostly only children, with weak psychological endurance, lack of social responsibility and understanding of the value of life, and may take extreme actions when encountering setbacks.
5. Social pressure. Nowadays, the evaluation, treatment and status of college students in society are lower than before. The competitive pressure brought by the market economy makes students feel anxious and inferior about finding a job. In addition, the media often report the phenomenon of suicide and homicide, which has an infectious effect on the audience. The reprinting rate of posts such as "Study on Suicide Style" on the Internet has been very high, which is likely to be a guide for people with potential suicidal desires.
Psychological crisis intervention depends on the efforts of the whole society. Psychological crisis intervention is a kind of psychotherapy, which refers to a way to give psychological care and short-term help to people in trouble or frustration. It can help patients with depression correctly understand and recognize their own crisis.
Because patients usually can't see the relationship between the difficulties in life and their psychological obstacles, psychotherapists can release their repressed emotions through direct and effective methods such as listening and asking questions. Studies have shown that suicides have a high frequency of minor setbacks and loss of interpersonal relationships within 24 hours before taking action. Helping them alleviate these troubles can often save a person's life.
However, the current situation of psychological crisis intervention in China is not satisfactory. Due to financial problems, the scale is very small and the level is not high. At present, nationwide, only Beijing, Fujian, Anhui, Chongqing, Sichuan and Zhejiang have opened psychological crisis intervention hotlines. Beijing Psychological Crisis Research and Intervention Center has set up two psychological crisis intervention hotlines. However, due to the limitation of funds and personnel, it is often impossible to answer because the telephone line is busy.
Although government departments require colleges and universities to carry out crisis intervention on college students' psychological diseases, the number of full-time psychological counselors in colleges and universities is seriously insufficient.
For example, at present, there are less than 100 full-time psychological counselors in Beijing universities, but the demand is at least 200. The professional level of existing psychological counselors is not high, and they can't provide effective help for students. In addition, due to the lack of attention to professional titles and promotion, the loss of full-time psychological counselors is also very serious.
Therefore, the establishment of a perfect psychological crisis intervention and treatment mechanism depends on the joint efforts of the whole society. It is necessary to strengthen frustration education and cultivate a sense of responsibility. The successive suicides of college students have aroused the concern of the whole society. In connection with the situation that primary and secondary schools do everything possible to avoid and avoid "setbacks", such as students not criticizing when they do something wrong, not typing "X" when they make mistakes in homework, and not writing shortcomings in term comments, people can't help worrying that there is no setback in the "no difference, no competition and no sequence" deliberately created by schools and parents.
Some experts call on teenagers to consciously experience the pain of setbacks, gradually enhance their tolerance for setbacks and embarrassment, face the changes of life with healthy psychology and sound personality rationality, and bravely face the challenges of adversity and bad luck. It is selfish to strengthen and cultivate college students' awareness of family responsibility and social responsibility. If a person doesn't even cherish his own life, it is irresponsible. "