When One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Some effects and consequences of short contract student counselling

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bea Gavin
Keyword(s):  
Student Counselling

Bulimia and student counselling

1985 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-156
Author(s):  
Norah Robinson-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Student Counselling

Suicide in Oxford University Students, 1976–1990

1995 ◽  
Vol 166 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Hawton ◽  
Sue Simkin ◽  
Joan Fagg ◽  
Michael Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Academic Stress ◽  
University Student ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Mortality Statistics ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Student Counselling ◽  
College Staff ◽  
The Difference

BackgroundThe aim was to determine the extent, characteristics and timing of suicide in Oxford University students.MethodStudents who died from suicide or undetermined cause between October 1976 and September 1990 were identified through University records and individual colleges. Information about each student was sought from coroners, college staff, general practitioners and hospital case notes.ResultsThere were 21 suicides (16 men and 5 women) and one open verdict (female). The observed number of suicides (0) was greater than the number expected (E = 11.09) on the basis of mortality statistics for England and Wales (O/E = 1.89; 95% CI 1.17 to 2.90). When deaths due to undetermined cause were included, however, the difference between O and E (17.03) was much reduced (O/E = 1.29; 95% CI 0.81 to 1.95). There was no evidence of an association with the Finals examination but two-thirds of the students had been worried about academic achievement or their courses. Nearly half appeared to have had a psychiatric disorder (mostly depression).ConclusionsThe much publicised apparent excess of Oxford University student suicides may be partly artefactual. Measures for preventing student suicides include careful induction upon arrival at university, means of alleviating academic stress and worries, and readily available and closely associated student counselling and psychiatric services.

STUDENT COUNSELLING FOR LOWERING THE NUMBER OF INTERRUPTERS IN ESTONIAN AVIATION ACADEMY

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Signe Vanker ◽  
Jaanus Jakimenko ◽  
Anu Roio ◽  
Ants Aaver ◽  
Lii Nuut
Keyword(s):  
Student Counselling

Formal Student Counselling in a Third World University: An Analysis of the Service, its Roles and Clients

1990 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 2-9
Author(s):  
David R. Boorer
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Third World ◽  
Counselling Service ◽  
Professional Help ◽  
Academic Difficulty ◽  
Student Counselling ◽  
Close Relatives ◽  
The University ◽  
Role Demands ◽  
Conflicting Role

The student counselling service of the University of Papua New Guinea is examined in terms of its roles, staff, and clients. Counsellors were interviewed and the problems of the 1989 cohort of student clients were categorised. The catalyst for seeking professional help was student concern over academic performance rather than the “underlying problems” causing academic difficulty. The most commonly cited problems related to immediate family and close relatives. The counsellors reported that conflicting role demands imposed by the university administration were likely to impede their counselling work and the potential value of the service. Ways of overcoming this conflict are considered.

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