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- Title
O PERFIL DO SUICÍDIO E SUAS TENTATIVAS: AÇÕES PREVENTIVAS DE ENFRENTAMENTO.
- Authors
MENDES, JOSYANE LIMA; MACEDO, ALANA MARA ALMEIDA; BARROS, ANA MARIA NASCIMENTO; DA SILVA FRANCO, ELLANE PATRÍCIA; CARVALHO, FERNANDA BARBOSA; VIVEIROS, FLAVIANA MENDES RODRIGUES; DAS CHAGAS SILVA, FRANCISCO EDSON; DE SOUSA, JOSILÉIA RODRIGUES MATOS; VELOSO, LAURIMARY CAMINHA; DOS SANTOS, LUIZA MENDES; DA CONCEIÇÃO RODRIGUES, MARIA; DA MATA, NILTON CÉSAR PEREIRA; DE CASTRO GOMES, RENATA; DE LIMA, SARA CAVALCANTE; SILVA, WALICY COSSE; OLIVEIRA, WANDERSON LUIZ SOUSA
- Abstract
Suicide is a serious public health problem characterized as the act of purposely killing oneself, having increased in the last 45 years by about 60%. Given the importance of the theme, the study was carried out with the objective of verifying in the literature the main epidemiological aspects of suicide in society and the preventive actions performed out by health professionals. This is an integrative review of the literature with data search performed through the Virtual Health Library (VHL) in the Lilacs and Medline databases. The descriptors used were: Primary prevention, Suicide and Attempted suicide. Complete results were included in Portuguese and English, published between 2010 and 2017, and excluded studies without relevance. 11 studies were selected, in addition to consultation on the website of the Brazilian Association of Psychiatry and World Health Organization. The study showed that there was an increase in the amount of suicide and suicide attempts in the last years. As for the profile of the victims, deaths are more frequent in males, although females have more attempts. The main forms of prevention identified were health education, identification of risk factors, and monitoring and psychological support by health professionals.
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Surgery & Clinical Research, 2019, Vol 27, Issue 2, p142
- ISSN
2317-4404
- Publication type
Article