Suicídio : políticas e ações de enfrentamento a partir da política nacional de saúde pública (2006), no Vale do Rio Pardo.

Abstract

Every minute, at least one person in the world commits suicide. The loss is everywhere. The suicidal behavior presents intrinsic and extrinsic elements to the victim, installs itself without consent and makes the victim become ambivalent, it is an autogenous phenomenon, exists and resists for itself, causes a continuous, intense suffering to the point of ceasing only by ending one’s life. In this scenery and based on the guidelines of the National Policy of Health Promotion and Mental Health and the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, the research investigates the actions of face-off to suicidal behavior in the municipalities of Mato Leitão, Pantano Grande, Passo do Sobrado and Santa Cruz do Sul, of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, places with high suicidal rate. The study is qualitative. For data collection was used the interview technique, totaling 27 respondents. 15 interviews were conducted with managers and 6 with health professionals, 4 with municipal councilmen of local health system and 2 interviews with Fire Department rescue professionals suicide victims in their daily work. This representation of respondents scaled the problem and explained the strategies of preventing and combating suicide. The material was analyzed under the Bardin’s Content Analysis technique (2007). The main results of the study showed that suicide is a phenomenon that worries and motivates actions against it, although these initiatives are not sufficient to prevent successful attempts and suicides, not contributing to the reduction of loss in the searched region. We found the lack of public policies in health especially directed to fight the attempts and suicide, although it worry all respondents. Moreover the issues that permeate suicide, the knowledge on the subject is insufficient to tackle the problem effectively. This knowledge should be provided in discipline of the top courses in the health area. It became clear that the public health policy and mental implemented since 2006, territorial and decentralized, making the municipalities responsible for basic services in health and the region by middle and high complexity services, facilitating the user’s access to the assistance needed. It is concluded here may be to suicide prevention strategies that can reduce the number of deaths from this cause, if frank attitudes are adopted and direct approaches to the general public by health professionals with specific and updated knowledge on the issue.