Resumo

ALVIM, Fabiane Cristna de Souza; NOVAES, Edmarcius Carvalho; NONATO, Eunice Maria Nazarethe  e  SILVA, Leonardo Oliveira Leão e. Self-inficted violence: stgmas about gender identites and sexual orientatons. Rev. Psicol. Saúde [online]. 2021, vol.13, n.4, pp. 33-48. ISSN 2177-093X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.20435/pssa.v13i4.1200.

This article aims to characterize the occurrences of self-violence, focusing on the themes of gender identities and sexual orientatons. It is an ecological study, with quantitative approach, descriptive exploratory character, with secondary source. We used the database of Violence Notificaton Forms for 2016. We identified some aspects that correspond in the scientific literature: place of occurrence, age group in which most cases prevail, and most used methods. We tried to compare the data and discuss from the perspective of the stgmas provoked in the health of the researched populaton. The importance of actions to prevent self-inficted violence is emphasized, especially for the LGBT populaton. We concluded that, either in direct assistance, in the front line of the various services or in the constructon of Public Policies, Psychology has great contributons in facing the various forms of violence.

Palavras-chave : self-inficted violence; gender identity; sexual orientaton; stgma; LGBT.

        · resumo em Português | Espanhol     · texto em Português     · Português ( pdf )