UM ESTUDO SOBRE A DEPRESSAO E O SUICIDIO EM ADOLESCENTES

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to bring some reflections on depression and suicide in adolescents, as adolescence is a stage of human development marked by innumerable transformations, and it is a time when they can manifest various disorders, making it important to its proper identification. Present the signs of depression and suicide. Identify risk factors that lead to depression and suicide and understand how the family may be fundamental in this process. For this purpose, the study is of a basic nature, a form of qualitative approach and the research is explanatory of bibliographic nature. To support this work, we used some authors such as Aberastury and Knobel (1981), Baptista and Oliveira (2004), Benicasa and Rezende (2006), Braga and Dell´anglio (2013), Eisenstein (2005), Esteves and Gavões (2006), Mota and Rocha (2012).