Suicidal behavior in college students

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i15.23424

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Mental health; Suicide attempt; Prevention; Students.

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the presence and triggering factors of suicidal behavior in college students. Methodology: research descriptive exploratory, qualitative, application of digital survey with information social-demographic, mental health, suicidal behavior, analyses of referential content.  Participation, 34 college students. Results: majority below 21 years old, single, female, white, no children, enrolled in the first three semesters, individual income up to R$1.000,00, family income up to R$2.000,00, unemployed, financial hardships; family history of mental disturb and suicidal behavior; 22 participants had suicidal behavior, majority with suicidal thoughts, 12 recurrent thoughts, some life-risk behavior, 12 practice mutilation, 5 planned suicide, one attempt suicide, one had previous treatment. Predisposing factors: relationships and relatives, mental disturbs; trigger factors: low self-esteem, financial hardships, stressed circumstances, sadness, impulsiveness. Conclusion: most of the participants presented suicidal behavior, present and repetition of suicidal behavior and risky behavior, none was receiving professional health increasing suicidal risk.

Author Biography

João Fernando Marcolan, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Possui graduação em Enfermagem pela Escola Paulista de Medicina - Departamento de Enfermagem (1983), mestrado em Enfermagem pela Universidade de São Paulo (1996) e doutorado em Enfermagem pela Universidade de São Paulo (2002). Pós-doutorado pela Faculdade de Saúde Pública da USP (2016). Aposentado em abril de 2019 como professor associado da Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Tem experiência na área de Enfermagem, com ênfase em Saúde Mental, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: saúde mental, enfermagem em saúde mental, assistência psiquiátrica, enfermagem psiquiátrica, depressão e suicídio, saúde mental do trabalhador da saúde, políticas públicas de saúde mental, assistência em saúde mental. Foi chefe da Disciplina Enfermagem em Saúde Mental, coordenador do Projeto de Extensão Atenção em Saúde Mental a Sujeitos com Tentativa de Suicídio, coordenador do curso de especialização em Enfermagem em Saúde Mental e Psiquiátrica, na UNIFESP. Atualmente é orientador do Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem da UNIFESP e coordenador e líder do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas Interdisciplinares em Saúde Mental - GEPISM. Miembro de la Red Global de Práctica Clínica (RGPC) para Estudios de campo por Internet sobre los Trastornos Mentales y del Comportamiento de la CIE-11 da Organização Mundial da Saúde.

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03/12/2021

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SOUZA, S. S. .; MARCOLAN, J. F. . Suicidal behavior in college students. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 15, p. e539101523424, 2021. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i15.23424. Disponível em: https://www.rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/23424. Acesso em: 18 apr. 2024.

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