Suicide attempts and health professionals: possible meanings

Authors

  • Ana Paula Araújo de Freitas Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC
  • Lucienne Martins-Borges Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/epp.2014.12560

Keywords:

suicide attempts, health professionals, urgencies, hospital emergencies

Abstract

This study, qualitative, aimed to identify the meanings attributed to suicide attempts by health professionals working in emergency rooms and hospital emergencies. Were interviewed sixteen professionals of two urgencies and two hospital emergencies of a city from south Brazil. The results showed the construction of meanings from two poles. The first considers suicide as a condition of suffering that leads to a cozy conduct. The second punctuates the suffering, but do not consider the legitimate demand to the contexts surveyed. Evidenced the need for spaces for discussion of suicide in courses in the area of health and education activities ongoing working clinical management, thus qualifying practice.

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Published

2014-09-10

How to Cite

Freitas, A. P. A. de, & Martins-Borges, L. (2014). Suicide attempts and health professionals: possible meanings. Studies and Research in Psychology, 14(2), 560–577. https://doi.org/10.12957/epp.2014.12560

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2014): 2º quadrimestre de 2014

Section

Social Psychology

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