Notificações de Violência Autoprovocada e Óbitos Registrados Por Suicídio: Um Olhar Para os Casos

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Schyrlei Viana da
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (riUfes)
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/17390
• topic: Área(s) do conhecimento do documento (Tabela CNPq); Comportamento suicida; saúde pública; violência autoprovocada; suicídio; cuidado; subject.br-rjbn

Suicidal behavior can be understood as a series of behaviors linked to suicide in which the individual causes or intends to cause harm to themselves, with a clear intention of death, such as: ideations, planning, attempts and suicide itself. In Brazil, a significant increase in this behavior has been observed, going against global data from the World Health Organization. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze recorded cases of self-inflicted violence and suicide, which occurred between 2018 and 2022, in a municipality in the north of Espírito Santo. To this end, the study sought to: describe the general characteristics of reported cases of self-inflicted violence and records of deaths by suicide between the years of 2018 and 2022; characterize registered cases of self-inflicted violence and deaths by suicide in different age groups; investigate the health history, illness and care recorded in cases of suicidal behavior in the municipality under study. In order to achieve these objectives, a quantitative-qualitative research was performed, based on documentary research using data from local epidemiological surveillance, data from the Mortality Information System and medical records. The collected data were analyzed in two ways: the quantitatives by descriptive analysis, with the help of SPSS software and the qualitative ones by thematic content analysis. The results indicated the characteristics of people and occurrences of suicidal behavior: majority women, brown-skinned, between 20 and 59 years of age, occurrence at home, poisoning/intoxication, being Hospital Roberto Arzinaut Silvares the main reporting unit with referrals to the health network. Regarding deaths: mostly men, between 20 and 59 years of age, brown-skinned, with 8 to 11 years of schooling, occurring at home, retired/pensioners. There were no significant differences in relation to age groups when compared to general data. Suicidal ideation, attempts and suicide were the main behaviors presented. Furthermore, care is focused on Psychology and Psychiatry professionals and on individualizing practices. Finally, it is noteworthy that this research offers an overview of suicidal behavior in the municipality and the way in which care is being offered, enabling a reflection on the effectiveness of the strategies adopted until now. Thus, this research is understood to support the creation of new strategies, actions and public policies focused on suicidal behavior.