Abstract summary 

Supplemental 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 ( = 1402). The lifetime prevalence of ideation, plan, and attempt were 46.4% ( 650), 26.5% ( 372), and 8.6% ( 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.

Authors & Co-authors:  Bantjes Jason J Breet Elsie E Saal Wylene W Lochner Christine C Roos Janine J Taljaard Lian L Mortier Philippe P Auerbach Randy P RP Bruffaerts Ronny R Kessler Ronald C RC Stein Dan J DJ

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