Selected salient interventions to address suicide from the lenses of students in a selected university, South Africa

Abstract

Unequivocally, South African higher education institutions (HEIs) are profoundly challenged to clinically address and innovate suicide interventions for their suicidal students. A qualitative research approach and a case study design were adopted, supported by the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Person-in-Environment perspective, cum the Ecological perspective lenses. Research findings revealed that cultural dispositions confuse clients from trusting and respecting clinical processes; pecuniary positions of clients hinder them from accessing specialised clinical treatment; lack of adequate resources stifles clinical responses towards suicide interventions, and dwindling community support network weakens suicide-leaning interventions. This study recommends the following- Integrating Clinical and Orthodox Approaches for Sustainable Suicide Prevention; Higher Education Institutions as Catalysts for Health Collaboration and Policy Reform; Leveraging Affordable and Scalable Digital Interventions; and Strengthening the Human Resource Capacity of Campus Health Services.

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