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Gaps in scientific knowledge have been identified, with limited studies in university students. This article presents an open-access database on mental health and family functioning, collected through a survey of undergraduate students in health sciences programs at a private university in Cali (Colombia). The purpose was to explore suicide risk, substance abuse and family functioning using three structured questionnaires (Family APGAR, Dast-10, and PANSI), together with sociodemographic variables, organized in four sections (family and peer support, substance use, suicidal ideation, and background). The results of the article correspond to the database description, which includes finally 574 records obtained from students of health sciences programs (medicine, dentistry, psychology, prehospital care, nursing, dental mechanics). The data are provided as raw, analyzable files (spreadsheet formats) free of charge from Mendeley Data. 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