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The Truth About Suicide...

If you're experiencing suicidal thoughts, you're not alone-even though it may feel that way.

  • In a year, nearly 40% of college students will report feeling so depressed that it's difficult to function.
  • 10% will report thoughts of suicide.
  • Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students.

So, if you're experiencing suicidal thoughts this page is for you.

Concerned someone you care about may be at risk for suicide?

Counseling and Psychological Services Wants To Help YOU!

OSU offers professional counseling and medical staff who can help you create (or re-create) a life worth living. Intense emotional stress sometimes blinds people to alternative solutions to suicide...yet other solutions are almost always available.

While some students see suicide as the solution to end all problems...suicide can also be understood as the problem to end all solutions. And, all too often, a completed suicide is a permanent solution to what might have been only a temporary problem.

  • Our Counseling Services staff are experts when it comes to helping college students creatively solve their problems and reduce their pain.
  • Our Student Health Center staff can provide medical assessment and medication related to emotional

DO Talk With Someone:

  • Friend
  • Family
  • Roommate
  • Counselor
  • Nurse
  • Residence Hall Staff
  • Crisis Line
  • Faculty

DON'T:

  • Don't isolate yourself.
  • Don't drink alcohol and use other drugs. Drugs and alcohol increase the risk of suicide.

Crisis Services

If you are thinking about suicide, PLEASE contact someone who can help NOW.

Places to Call:

  • 1-888-232-7192 (24-hr toll-free #)
  • 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) (National 24 hour crisis line)
  • (541) 737-2131 -- CAPS, during business hours

Places to Go:

Places to go on-line:

  • Ulifeline
    Ulifeline is a wonderful resource that provides several features for OSU students, including a depression/suicide self-assessment, a place to ask questions, information sources, and lists of resources.
  • Resource List
  • Metanoia

Are you or someone you know concerned about a friend?

Resources

National Mental Health Association, 1-800-989-6642

National Institute of Mental Health, 1-800-421-4211

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, 1-888-333-2377

American Association for Suicidology, 202-237-2280
 (Provided by National Mental Health Association)

Surviving After Someone's Suicide

One learns to live with the loss, the tragedy, the waste, and the gaping hole in the fabric of one's life. There is no closure, nor would I want one. I want to remember her all my life, vividly: her laughter, the smell of her perfume, her moments of joy, her humility, and her integrity.

Contact Us, We're Here to Help!

5th Floor Snell Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331 Phone: (541) 737-2131
Fax: (541) 737-2518

Hours (academic year)

Monday: 10 am to 5 pm (On-Call 10am-4:30pm)

Tuesday - Friday: 8 am to 5 pm (On-Call 9am-4:30pm)