O adolescente que busca suicidar-se : registros de vida no centro de atenção psicossocial da infância e adolescência.

Abstract

Considering that adolescence is a developmental period in which numerous changes in the individual, both biological and psychological, it is clear that teenagers live more intensely doubts and periods of instability. Research has revealed a suicide rate of increase in adolescence, as well as the demand for help of these teenagers in the care centers. From these new realities, we sought to investigate the teenager who attempts suicide and how professional the Psychosocial Care Center for Children and Adolescents - CAPSIA Santa Cruz do Sul, deal with these patients. We employed a qualitative methodology, which seeks to translate and also express the phenomena that make up the social world through understanding and interpretation of the data analysis. It was found that the results of quantitative analysis of cases point to the issue of the family context as a triggering factor of suicide attempts also the issue of teen profile that tries intercorre suicide mainly on females aged between 16 and 17 years, due to unfavorable economic class and family structure in a broad spectrum. Thus, as explained by the result of the work effected, it follows that the actions and measures employed by organs of compliance with this question, provide important interventions, however little producentes, since the large number of relapses observed, thus being, It is noteworthy the need for further research in this context, so that they may in future contemplate significant contributions to the improvement of public policies in social aspect and particularly with regard to the actions and measures employed by the agencies responsible to facing such social problem.