Suicides at Oxford

Interesting how many psych studies at Oxford are done into suicidal/depressive thoughts in students, though. Although before I get flamed, yes, this might be the same in other universities too.
There was that urban myth that the reason alot of the libraries have bars on them is so that people don't throw themselves out - very doubtful, but I guess that's the perception or what finals do to you!

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It's like when I say something judgemental and people respond with "Just because you go to Oxford..."
I was actually judgemental BEFORE I got to Oxford, thank you very much

It's like when I say something judgemental and people respond with "Just because you go to Oxford..."
I was actually judgemental BEFORE I got to Oxford, thank you very much

Oxford reached back in time to make you that way?

I'm not sure whether I would say that people simply make a bigger fuss about suicides in Oxford than in other places. Oxford is a high-pressure place and has an academic system which really doesn't suit everyone, irrespective of their academic ability. I think that in particular undergraduates (I am a graduate) here are under such tremendous pressure by their tutors (and their own expectations) that I am surprised that still so many seem to manage. I think this shouldn't be overseen. Suicides happen everywhere of course, but it stays a fact that Oxford is a place where organisations such as Suicide Watch should be - maybe more than in smaller, less competitive uni cities.

Interesting how many psych studies at Oxford are done into suicidal/depressive thoughts in students, though. Although before I get flamed, yes, this might be the same in other universities too.

I left Oxford a few years ago after a failed suicide attempt. I had become overwhelmingly obsessed with studying and achieving and, despite going to see tutors about this, was offered no support, was not encouraged to see a counselor. My concerns, it is fair to say, were brushed away as the standard anxieties of a high-achiever. Indeed, I found that there was almost an attitude of approval about the fact that I was so emotionally tied to success. Which I now find fairly sinister.
I am in no way qualified or clued-up enough to offer any useful analysis on the data about suicide frequency in the Oxford population compared to the 'non-Oxford' population. But I do feel that I am qualified to say that the university, at the time I left, was utterly sub-par in its responsibility to provide students with anything approaching sustained support in matters of mental well-being and seemed woefully disinterested in fostering a healthy attitude towards study.
This was in stark contrast to both institutions I attended since for my BA and MSc.

I hope that the institution has improved since I left.

I left Oxford a few years ago after a failed suicide attempt. I had become overwhelmingly obsessed with studying and achieving and, despite going to see tutors about this, was offered no support, was not encouraged to see a counselor. My concerns, it is fair to say, were brushed away as the standard anxieties of a high-achiever. Indeed, I found that there was almost an attitude of approval about the fact that I was so emotionally tied to success. Which I now find fairly sinister.
I am in no way qualified or clued-up enough to offer any useful analysis on the data about suicide frequency in the Oxford population compared to the 'non-Oxford' population. But I do feel that I am qualified to say that the university, at the time I left, was utterly sub-par in its responsibility to provide students with anything approaching sustained support in matters of mental well-being and seemed woefully disinterested in fostering a healthy attitude towards study.
This was in stark contrast to both institutions I attended since for my BA and MSc.

I hope that the institution has improved since I left.