SUICIDE IN BRAZIL: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW STUDY FROM 2010 TO 2019

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.558412402011

• Palavras-chave: Suicide; Public policy; Prevention.

• Keywords: Suicide; Public policy; Prevention.

• Abstract:

  Introduction: For the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), suicide is a complex and multi-causal phenomenon, with individual and collective impact, which can affect individuals of different origins, gender, cultures, social classes and ages. It is etiologically related to a range of factors, ranging from sociological, economic, political, cultural, to psychological, psychopathological and even biological factors. Methodology: This is a Systematic Review study regarding suicide mortality rates in Brazil, from 2010 to 2019. The methodological procedures that guided the execution of the research include databases from the SciELO and LILACS platforms, with the Systematic Review being carried out. Results: 163 publications on the topic were found, 54 were in English, and 06 articles that studied the topic of suicide in Brazil were selected and analyzed, several studies were found and those that did not fit the objectives of the work were discarded.