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Officials: Student suicides increasing
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By Betsy Miller
UNL's mental health director and the Lancaster
County mental health educator agree the suicide rate
among 19 to 25 year olds is increasing. But Nebraska stu
dents may have more reisistance to the problem, accord
ing to university health officials.
Dr. Robert Ileins, director of mental health at the UNL
Health Center, said Nebraska provides "a more stable en
vironment" for students than other places.
According to Heins, many families break up by divorc
ing or children moving out at an early age. Although this
happens in other states, Heins said it doesn't happen as
often in Nebraska.
Suicides are increasing in number because more people
are going to college than ever before, according to Jose J.
Soto, mental health educator for the Lancaster County
Mental Health Center.
"People are expected to go through 1 2 years of school
and then continue," he said.
College may be a different experience from high school
and primary school, but Soto said it still can be an exten
sion of adolescence.
"College students face the serious pressures that adole
scents have," he said.
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accounted for the higher expectations of people toward
students.
"The expectations that society puts on people fr
succeeding are dependent on them having a college de
gree," Soto said.
The increase in suicide rates also could result from the
increased reporting of deaths as suicides, Soto said.
According to Soto, suicides may be classified as something
else because the family, or people close to the victim
don't want the truth known.
Heins said the center treats students who have various
personal problems. He said that those with personal prnb
lems can run into difficulties in college.
"If anybody has personal problems, this place can
really bring them out," Ileins said.
One common emotional problem concerns mai,'.
female relationships. Ileins said.
The center may hospitalize people who have attempted
suicide. Ileins said. Mental health employees are available
to talk with students to try to get the patient's I'amiK and
friends to help him or her if possible. I leins said.
According to Ileitis, men scetti to commit suicide nmie
often than women. The idea that a man should not U
or show any emotion sometimes leads them to take their
lives, but women may try to kill themselves knowing that
they won't succeed, and thus gain attention, Ileitis said.
UNL has had about three suicides annually, according
to Ileitis, lie said this is below the national average at
colleges.
College life also causes some students to overindue
in alcohol, which can lead to suicide attempts, Soto said.
To escape problems, Soto said, students begin drinkinu,
sometimes heavily. If the drinking doesn't solve the prob
lems, a youth may try suicide and use alcohol "to get his
courage up to do it," lie said.
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