Autor: |
Toshiyuki Marutani, Katsuhiro Yasumi, Kenji Saito, Takehiro Ibaraki, Jun‐ya Takayama |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2024 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
PCN Reports, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp n/a-n/a (2024) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2769-2558 |
DOI: |
10.1002/pcn5.180 |
Popis: |
Abstract Aim Graduate students are exposed to various types of stress. Thus, they are prone to mental health problems, and the most devastating result is suicide. The aim of this paper is to reveal the status of suicide among graduate students in Japan for 20 years. Methods We analyzed cumulative data on suicide among national university graduate students from annual surveys on causes of non‐graduation in Japan for the 2002–2003 through 2021–2022 academic years. We asked all national universities with graduate schools to complete the surveys, and the participation rate was 91.1%. Results The total number of students in the surveys was 2,383,858, and the number of deaths by suicide was 347 (292 males, 55 females). Chi‐squared test results showed significantly higher suicide mortality rates for the following groups: male (p |
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