RIBEIRO, Carolina Nassau. THE OUTLINE OF THE DRIVE IN ADOLESCENCE: SELF-HARM AND SUICIDE. Reverso []. 2024, 46, 88, pp.61-70.   19--2025. ISSN 0102-7395.  https://doi.org/10.5935/0102-7395.v46n88.08.

Considering the increase in the number of suicide cases among teenagers in Brazil, the article discusses the theoretical framework of this theme throughout the works of Freud and Lacan. Subsequently, the text addresses the drive path of adolescence and outlines some hypotheses about which characteristics of contemporary social bonds may contribute to increasing the number of cases of attempted self-extermination and self-injury among young people. Finally, we ask it is possible to deal with the cases of young people who present this urgency and severity.

: Suicide; Self-injury; Drive; Contemporary adolescence; Psychoanalytic clinic.

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