RISK FACTORS FOR SUICIDE AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS IN BRAZIL: LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Objective: To describe risk factors for suicide among adolescents and adults in Brazil. Methodology: Integrative literature review, where the following databases were consulted: LILACS MEDLINE, and BDENF, through online research from the Virtual Health Library (VHL) portal, with the descriptors “Adolescent”; “Adult” “Risk Factors” and “Suicide”, with the Boolean operators “OR” and “AND”, from July to November 2018. Initially, 26,656 articles were found and after refinement, 9 articles were included. Results: The present study demonstrated that in the risk factors for suicide among adolescents and adults in Brazil there is a predominance of suicide attempts among women, while a higher execution among men, the age group was 15-59 years, with low education, being single, unemployed or having informal work, presence of mental disorders such as: Depression, schizophrenia, use of psychoactive drugs (alcohol) and history of psychiatric disorders in the family. Final Considerations: It is necessary that nursing professionals and the multidisciplinary team, as a whole, be able to identify risk factors for suicide as well as suicidal behaviors in order to implement interventions aimed at preventing suicide or a new attempt.