Reflections on the suicide of international students in a famous British university

Recently, a famous British school died again! It is also related to psychological problems and suicide. Let's talk about the thoughts caused by the suicide of a famous British student. Let's see what happened.

Justin Cheng, a third-year student in the Law School of the University of Bristol, England, was found to have committed suicide on Friday night of June+10/2, 65438.

Justin is from Toronto, Canada. It is a pity that such a promising law student studying in a famous British school suddenly committed suicide.

His sister Tiffany announced his death on Facebook. She wrote: "My brother ... suffered from severe depression, which eventually led to his death."

Mark Ames, director of student services at Bristol University, also confirmed the news on Sunday night.

In a statement, he said: "I regret to confirm that Justin Cheng, a junior from Canada, has passed away.

The police told us that they thought he committed suicide. There is nothing suspicious, and the coroner will conduct an autopsy at an appropriate time. We sympathize with his family and friends.

People in our school felt very painful when they learned that one of our students had passed away. We know that it will be especially difficult for those who know that they still have to study with him.

If students or staff are affected by this unfortunate news, we will encourage them to contact the relevant departments of the school and seek the support of friends or family. On our website, information about where to get help can be found on the pages of employees and students.

We will continue to cooperate with our students, staff and partners, including colleagues in public health and NHS, to strengthen our services to cope with the unprecedented growth of young people's mental health problems. "

This incident has attracted the attention of the British media. Because this is not the first time such a tragedy has happened in this school. In the past 16 months, seven people have committed suicide in this school.

Times: The seventh student in Bristol University committed suicide in a year and a half.

(Screenshot from The Times)

Sun: In just 18 months, the eighth student suicide happened in Bristol University, which shocked everyone.

(Screenshot from The Sun)

Daily Mail: Bristol was shocked1August "Suicide" in the Eighth University, and talented Canadian law students "committed suicide on vacation".

During June 20 16 to June 20 17, six students in this university also ended their young lives one after another.

Three of them died in the first semester at Bristol University.

20161June 10, Miranda Williams, a 9-year-old philosophy student, died in the hospital three days after taking an overdose.

101October 2 1 day, 18-year-old history student Daniel Green was found hanging himself in the Godny Hall where he lived.

165438+1October 10, a law student, Jinlong, aged 18, died of suffocation in the dormitory.

In addition, there are ...

20 171On October 30th, Lara Nosiru, a 23-year-old neuroscience major, was found dead in Avon Canyon. The autopsy concluded that "she committed suicide under the influence of drugs".

Elsa Scaburri, 2 1 year-old, a third-year student in linguistics. On March 20th, she was found hanging in her home near Salisbury. The autopsy concluded that it was suicide.

654381October 25th, James Thomson, a 20-year-old sophomore majoring in mathematics, was suddenly found hanging himself. His parents said he looked in a good mood a few days before he committed suicide.

In the top 30 universities in the world, just over a year, so many young and lively lives committed suicide in one way or another.

The University of Bristol attaches great importance to the frequent suicides, so it has increased its psychological counseling for students. Spending 654.38 million pounds to hire a health consultant and a team of 28 mental health therapists and supervisors.

What is even more distressing is that the tragedy here is only a microcosm of British universities.

In addition, Sam Symons, a 9-year-old freshman studying law at the University of the West of England (UWE), was found to have committed suicide in her dormitory room.

He died on Sunday evening of April 30th last year, that is, in the early morning of May 1 year. The autopsy report showed that he committed suicide.

(The pictures are from The Sun, but all the pictures are from the Daily Mail. )

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of college students who committed suicide in England and Wales has increased by more than 50% in the past decade.

There are frequent suicides among British college students, and British universities are facing a sharp increase in the demand for students' mental health services. Mental illness has become one of the most important factors threatening British college students.

There are many reasons for British college students to commit suicide because of psychological problems, including the contradiction that their families have too high expectations of themselves, they can't effectively relieve various pressures during their school days, the university tuition burden is huge, and their future graduation is uncertain ...

Not long ago, the British media broke the news that Nacib Chuhan, a 2 1 year-old freshman in the University of Leeds, England, hanged himself because he was unable to repay the high payday loan, thus discovering that there have been many similar suicides in Britain in recent years.

British universities are investing more and more manpower and material resources to try to change this situation, but it is not easy …

Because there are too many people waiting for mental health treatment in the British national medical service system, students with psychological problems have accidents before treatment, and parents can't understand young people's thoughts.

In addition, some students have no independent preparation before entering the university, and they are under great pressure to deal with their study, life, emotion and social interaction alone, so they can't get help from their classmates who also lack college life and learning experience.

Also, there are some negative energy phenomena in schools, such as comparing with each other, bullying and discrimination.

And the school's efforts are only passive after-the-fact remedies. Because although the school has carried out mental health work, it also needs students' initiative, because many people have psychological problems but they don't show them or are perceived by the school. And even if psychological problems are found, they are not so easy to solve.

Therefore, in addition to the efforts of the school, students must take the initiative to improve these negative things and receive treatment when they encounter psychological problems.