ALMEIDA, Milena Nunes de; SILVA, Nathália dos Santos    CAIXETA, Camila Cardoso. The importance of qualified service to indigenous suicidal attempts: experience report. Rev. NUFEN []. 2020, 12, 3, pp.217-231. ISSN 2175-2591.  https://doi.org/10.26823/RevistadoNUFEN.vol12.nº03rex.36.

The traditional explanatory models of Western societies are not sufficient to understand suicide in the indigenous context. There is an evident need for care practices with the necessary conceptual adjustments for a better harmony with the different ethnic-cultural realities. This article presents an experience report on the care of Karajás indigenous people admitted to a Psychosocial Care Center due to a history of attempted suicide. This is an excerpt from the research entitled: "Care and prevention actions for suicide among indigenous people", a qualitative descriptive investigation carried out in a Psychosocial Care Center, in a capital in the central region of Brazil, in the period from 2014 to 2018. Psychological assistance to the indigenous people was reported, which helped them to redefine the mental suffering experienced, functioning as an instrument of interethnic mediation. The need to qualify health professionals for psychosocial care, free of stigmas, based on the individual and personified treatment of indigenous people, is essential

: Mental health services; Attempted suicide; Indigenous.

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