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Temas em Psicologia

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MACIEL, Karine Viana; CASTRO, Elisa Kern de  y  LAWRENZ, Priscila. The reasons to choice of the fire in suicide attempts performed by women. Temas psicol. [online]. 2014, vol.22, n.1, pp. 195-206. ISSN 1413-389X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.9788/TP2014.1-15.

The purpose of this study was to understand the meaning of choosing fire as an option for attempted suicide among women. Participants were eight women who suffered self-inflicted burns and went under care for outpatient repair of burn scars at an hospital. Participants answered a semi-structured interview about the stories of their life, the moment and motivations to commit that act and a sociodemographic and clinical data questionnaire. Results showed that the choice of fire was sometimes premeditated, but not always. For those women who premeditated the act, fire was chosen because it would be an effective method of suicide. For those who set fire without premeditation, the use of fire seems to have been an impulsive moment of conflict and anger, a way to call the attention of someone close, especially the partner and children. They had no knowledge of burn scars and subsequent treatment and recovery.

Palabras clave : Suicide; attempted suicide; self-inflicted Burns; self-immolation.

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