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Suicide: Number One Killer of College Students?

Steve

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Suicide: Number One Killer of College Students?

Additionally, a study presented to the American Psychological Association found that the number of students on psychiatric medication increased more than 10 percent over the last 10 years. Even though these statistics cannot be fully explained, it is easy to see parallels between these findings and the struggles of college life.

It is becoming very difficult for colleges to push mental illness awareness and prevention to the forefront as economic times are getting tougher

Given this information, why has suicide recently ranked as the leading cause of death among the university population

really,.. they can't see writing on the wall?

"as economic times are getting tougher"

53 Percent Of All Young College Graduates In America Are Either Unemployed Or Underemployed

If you are in college right now, you will most likely either be unemployed or working a job that only requires a high school degree when you graduate. The truth is that the U.S. economy is not coming anywhere close to producing enough jobs for the hordes of new college graduates that are entering the workforce every year. In 2011, 53 percent of all Americans with a bachelor's degree under the age of 25 were either unemployed or underemployed. Millions upon millions of young college graduates feel like the system has totally failed them. They worked hard in school all their lives, they went into huge amounts of debt in order to get the college education that they were told they "must have" in order to get a good job, but after graduation they found that there were only a handful of good jobs for the huge waves of college graduates that were entering the "real world". All over America, college graduates can be found waiting tables, flipping burgers and working behind the register at retail stores. Unfortunately, the employment picture in America is not going to get significantly better any time soon.

All over the United States, "middle class jobs" are being replaced by "low income jobs" and young college graduates are being hurt by this transition more than almost anyone else. Massive numbers of young college graduates are now working jobs that do not even require a high school degree. Some of the statistics about young college graduates are absolutely astounding.

The Obama hope has definitely stalled for those who supported his rhetoric last time..
 
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