Abstract

ALVES, Andréa Cristina; SILVA, Aline Conceição  and  VEDANA, Kelly Graziani Giacchero. An attempted suicide from an adult's perspective. SMAD, Rev. Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool Drog. (Ed. port.) [online]. 2020, vol.16, n.4, pp.49-57. ISSN 1806-6976.  https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2020.168837.

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the experience of attempted suicide from the perspective of adults who attempted suicide. METHOD: a qualitative study with eight Brazilian adults assisted in a mental health service. Data was collected in 2018 through semi-directed interviews about the experience of the suicide attempt and group meetings. Symbolic Interactionism was the theoretical framework used. Data was submitted to thematic analysis. RESULTS: we identified three themes: Intrapsychic environment: representation and communication with the self (generalization of failures and negative expectations in the construction of meanings attributed to the self, life and relationships); Interpersonal relationships (need to bond, belong, recognize, welcome and feel necessary for other people); and Representations of the suicide attempt: escape and the encounter with pain (the suicide attempt is motivated by the desire to relieve pain, but results in the encounter with pain, and instigates the search for new methods, the avoidance of suicide for fear or the reconstruction of meanings). CONCLUSION: the study provides important findings to be explored in the clinical practice, in the design of protocols, institutional policies, as well as in the qualification of the professionals.

Keywords : Suicide; Suicide Attempted; Adult; Mental Health.

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