Bantjes, JBreet, ESaal, WLochner, CRoos, JTaljaard, LMortier, PAuerbach, R.PBruffaerts, RKessler, R.CStein, D.J2024-07-292024-07-292019-12-17Bantjes J, Breet E, Saal W, Lochner C, Roos J, Taljaard L, Mortier P, Auerbach RP, Bruffaerts R, Kessler RC, Stein DJ. Epidemiology of non-fatal suicidal behavior among first-year university students in South Africa. Death Studies. 2022;46(4):816-23. DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2019.1701143.https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2019.1701143https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07481187.2019.1701143?scroll=top&needAccess=true&role=tabhttps://hdl.handle.net/11288/597043Supplemental data for this article can be accessed on the publisher’s website. We used a cross-sectional web-based survey and discrete-time survival analysis with person-year as unit of analysis and retrospective age-of-onset reports to estimate prevalence and predictors of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt, and transitions from ideation to plan and attempt among South African university students (n = 1402). The lifetime prevalence of ideation, plan, and attempt were 46.4% (n = 650), 26.5% (n = 372), and 8.6% (n = 120), respectively. Multiple temporally primary mental disorders predicted subsequent onset of suicidality and transitions from ideation to plan and attempt. Results highlight the need for campus-based suicide prevention in South Africa, vulnerability of historically disadvantaged students, and the importance of promoting mental health in suicide prevention.enAttribution 3.0 United Stateshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/Suicidal behaviourNon-fatal suicideFirst year universityArticleDeath Studies