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Suicidality among university students in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A systematic review

The prevalence of suicide attempts and suicidal ideation among university students is a global concern. Cultural values, social determinants, religion, and especially growing stress all play an important role in this. This systematic review aimed to identify potential protective and risk factors tho...

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Autores principales: Fadakar, Hasti, Kim, Jane, Saunders, Lauren C., Kamel, Mostafa M., Kianpoor, Mohsen, Moghadam, Arash Hoseyni, Hayati, Dianah, Ramadhan, Noor, Maragha, Tala, Meyer, Maximilian, Jang, Kerry, Krausz, Reinhard M.
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10588889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37862288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002460
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author Fadakar, Hasti
Kim, Jane
Saunders, Lauren C.
Kamel, Mostafa M.
Kianpoor, Mohsen
Moghadam, Arash Hoseyni
Hayati, Dianah
Ramadhan, Noor
Maragha, Tala
Meyer, Maximilian
Jang, Kerry
Krausz, Reinhard M.
author_facet Fadakar, Hasti
Kim, Jane
Saunders, Lauren C.
Kamel, Mostafa M.
Kianpoor, Mohsen
Moghadam, Arash Hoseyni
Hayati, Dianah
Ramadhan, Noor
Maragha, Tala
Meyer, Maximilian
Jang, Kerry
Krausz, Reinhard M.
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description The prevalence of suicide attempts and suicidal ideation among university students is a global concern. Cultural values, social determinants, religion, and especially growing stress all play an important role in this. This systematic review aimed to identify potential protective and risk factors thought to be associated with suicidal ideation among students in the Eastern Mediterranean region and highlight the importance of developing an effective health care response. MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, WHO Global Health Library, IMEMR, Web of Science Core Collections and Farsi and Arabic databases were searched for papers in English, Farsi, and Arabic. A combination of validated filters, free text keywords, and Mesh and Non-Mesh terms were used to retrieve relevant literature. A total of 2774 papers were found after the search, 257 selected for full-text review, and 72 papers included in the final review. Family and peer support play a potential protective role in the development of suicidal ideation among university students, while adverse life events, bullying, depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions were identified as risk factors. Suicidality was likely under-reported due to stigma around social and cultural factors. Factors involving religion and culture may act as both protective and risk factors and require more in-depth investigation. The student population in the Eastern Mediterranean region face many challenges. The common theme of suicidality emerged as an indicator of an imbalance of resources and stress, which needs to be addressed proactively, given a most likely underreporting of suicidal ideation and attempts due to stigma.
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spelling pubmed-105888892023-10-21 Suicidality among university students in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A systematic review Fadakar, Hasti Kim, Jane Saunders, Lauren C. Kamel, Mostafa M. Kianpoor, Mohsen Moghadam, Arash Hoseyni Hayati, Dianah Ramadhan, Noor Maragha, Tala Meyer, Maximilian Jang, Kerry Krausz, Reinhard M. PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article The prevalence of suicide attempts and suicidal ideation among university students is a global concern. Cultural values, social determinants, religion, and especially growing stress all play an important role in this. This systematic review aimed to identify potential protective and risk factors thought to be associated with suicidal ideation among students in the Eastern Mediterranean region and highlight the importance of developing an effective health care response. MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, WHO Global Health Library, IMEMR, Web of Science Core Collections and Farsi and Arabic databases were searched for papers in English, Farsi, and Arabic. A combination of validated filters, free text keywords, and Mesh and Non-Mesh terms were used to retrieve relevant literature. A total of 2774 papers were found after the search, 257 selected for full-text review, and 72 papers included in the final review. Family and peer support play a potential protective role in the development of suicidal ideation among university students, while adverse life events, bullying, depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions were identified as risk factors. Suicidality was likely under-reported due to stigma around social and cultural factors. Factors involving religion and culture may act as both protective and risk factors and require more in-depth investigation. The student population in the Eastern Mediterranean region face many challenges. The common theme of suicidality emerged as an indicator of an imbalance of resources and stress, which needs to be addressed proactively, given a most likely underreporting of suicidal ideation and attempts due to stigma. Public Library of Science 2023-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10588889/ /pubmed/37862288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002460 Text en © 2023 Fadakar et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Kim, Jane
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Kamel, Mostafa M.
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Hayati, Dianah
Ramadhan, Noor
Maragha, Tala
Meyer, Maximilian
Jang, Kerry
Krausz, Reinhard M.
Suicidality among university students in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A systematic review
title Suicidality among university students in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A systematic review
title_full Suicidality among university students in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A systematic review
title_fullStr Suicidality among university students in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Suicidality among university students in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A systematic review
title_short Suicidality among university students in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A systematic review
title_sort suicidality among university students in the eastern mediterranean region: a systematic review
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10588889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37862288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002460
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