A prevenção do suicídio na adolescência nas escolas

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Beatriz Duarte
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/26204
• topic: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA; Suicídio; Prevenção em saúde mental; Adolescência; Educação; Suicide; Mental health prevention; Adolescence; Education

Knowing about the high rates of suicide among adolescents and the social relevance of the school environment for this age group, this study aimed to understand the prevention of suicidal behavior in the high schools in Brazil. A literature review was carried out that allowed the knowledge of the epidemiology of suicide, the identification of the relation between suicidal behavior and the aspects of the development stage of adolescence, the relationship between suicide prevention actions and the school environment, and, finally, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for the phenomenon of suicide. Subsequently, as a field study, an online questionnaire was applied among teachers, coordinators, and principals of Brazilian high schools, with open and closed questions based on the research objective. The quantitative and qualitative study had 37 participants. The analysis, based on the content of the participant’s responses and description of the statistical data, allowed the investigation of prevention actions carried in school institutions, the feelings of education professionals linked to the theme, in addition to the impact of the pandemic of COVID-19 in this context. It was concluded that schools are important environments for the prevention of suicide among adolescents, but that there must be an improvement regarding the knowledge of the subject, the quality of preventive actions and the support of educational institutions