Since 2002, there has been a dramatic increase in suicide rates among US college athletes, making it the second-most common cause of death in this population.

Suicide rates among student-athletes in college in the U.S. have doubled between 2002 and 2022, according to the University of Washington (UW) through a study published by the British Journal of ...

This increase comes on the heels of a 28 percent decrease in suicide rates among the same group between 1990 and 2003. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for 18- to 24-year-olds: ...

Suicide is the second-leading cause of death on college campuses. And despite the overall rise in mental health concerns there, universities have been caught off guard when student-athletes have ...

College athlete suicide rates have doubled over the past two decades, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The study analyzed the deaths of NCAA varsity ...

Among US college athletes, suicide is now the second leading cause of death after accidents — and rates have doubled from 7.6% to 15.3% over the past 20 years, according to a study published ...

Suicide was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. among 15- to 24-year-olds in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. In 2021 ...

T he high rate of suicide among college students has long been recognized as one of the more ominous statistics of higher education. Last week Harvard Psychiatrist Mathew Ross reported that the ...

In addition, suicide rates have increased significantly over the past decade. According to the Jed Foundation, 12.6 million people between the ages of 18 and 25 experienced a mental, behavioral ...