Statistical inspections were done from a broad epidemiological point of view based upon the case study data of total student suicide (79 cases} at Kyoto University (Kyodai) over 15 years from the 1956 academic year which were followed up and subsequently retrospected. As a result, several psycho-social transactional aspects characteristic to the backgrounds and suicidal behaviors of Kyodai students, where suicide is extremely frequent when compared to the national student rate or the rates at prominent Western universities, were discovered.
Particularly, it is proposed that, when limited to Kyodai student suicides, comparisons of psychotic and nonpsychotic types allow no hasty judgement that "suicide is abnormal" and that from the perspective of prevention the post-attempted suicide and post-treatment danger periods should be considered separately, etc. Also, a necessary suicidological basis for the preventive counseling of prospective student suicides is explored.