Suicide and the American College and University: A Review of the Literature (IN: College Student Suicide, ed. by L C Whitaker and R E Slimak)

Offers a primer on the major sociological, psychological, & existential theories of suicide that lead to a discussion of suicide in European education prior to & at the advent of the 20th century. Literature of suicide in American colleges & universities is reviewed in depth, especially after 1950, discussing studies of incidence, sex differences, personality, academic aptitude & performance, etc. Cross-cultural studies & other related literature that bear on suicide in US education is reviewed.