Risk factors and suicide prevention in Primary Health Care during the COVID-19 pandemic: an integrative review of the literature

• Autor(a) principal: Silva , Eder Paulo Reis Ornelas
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Santos, Hebert Luan Pereira Campos dos, Maciel , Fernanda Beatriz Melo, Manfroi, Edi Cristina, Prado, Nília Maria de Brito Lima
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/3164
• topic: Suicídio; Atenção primaria à saúde; COVID-19; Prevenção primária; Serviços de saúde mental.; Suicide; Primary health care; COVID-19; Primary prevention; Mental health services.; Suicidio; Atención primaria de salud; COVID-19; Prevención primaria; Servicios de salud mental.

Introduction: Suicide is one of the main preventable causes of death. The COVID-19 pandemic may contribute to reinforcing risk factors and suicidal ideation, due to the reduced capacity for emotional coping in the face of the global health crisis. At the same time, Primary Health Care (PHC) services were required to produce a rapid response to issues related to mental health. Objective: To reflect on risk factors and possible interventions to prevent suicide in primary health care in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This is an integrative review based on the performance of a critical analysis of the international literature on risk factors and suicide prevention in PHC during the new coronavirus pandemic. This review was carried out through a survey of evidence in the international literature by accessing the following scientific databases: Web of Science, Science Direct, and Scopus using the descriptors Suicide AND Prevention AND COVID-19 AND Primary Health Care. Scientific articles available from December 2019 to September 2020 and published in Portuguese, English and Spanish were included. Results: The corpus of analysis consisted of 15 articles, with a predominance of the description of risk factors, implementation and adaptation of specific intervention strategies mediated by resources of Information and Communication Technologies (TICs) to provide mental health care. Conclusions: Collaborative care practices guided by the essential attributes of PHC stood out as priority strategies to offer continuous and longitudinal health care in the context of the pandemic.