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0679/2012 - Psychological and psychosocial autopsies of elderly that died by suicide in Brazil
Artigo debate, debatedores e réplica (ver na imagem 1 o texto completo) Autópsias psicológicas e psicossociais de idosos que morreram por suicídio no Brasil

Author:

• Fátima Gonçalves Cavalcante - Cavalcante, FG - Fundação oswaldo Cruz - <fatimagold7x7@yahoo.com.br> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2680-1204

Co-author(s):

• Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo - Minayo, M. C. S. - Centro Latino Americano de Estudos de Violência e Saúde Jorge Carelli. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fiocruz - <maminayo@terra.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6187-9301

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Abstract:

The authors analyze 51 cases of suicide among elderly from ten Brazilian municipalities. The goal was to understand the interaction of variables associated to elderly suicide. A bibliographic revision gives theoretical support to this study. Based in the psychological autopsy, it starts with a semi-structured interview form, which was applied and analyzed by peers of researchers, following the same procedure to collect, organize and analyze the data. These materials were reviewed in a psychosocial and qualitative meta-analysis approach based on the family interview data, researchers’ interpretations, socio-anthropological contextualization and relevant categories. It was studied forms of perpetration and lethality by sex, age, socioeconomically characteristics, risk and protector factors, and reasons to suicide. It were analyzed the interaction of majors precipitant factors. The conclusions showed that there are convergences among epidemiological and qualitative studies. Severe illness and disabilities and mental disorders together are the major causes, followed by depression family and couple conflicts. It is recommended attention to the quality of life of the elderly, mainly of the men that constitutes the group in major risk.

Keywords:

suicide elderly psychological autopsy psychosocial autopsy

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Cavalcante, FG, Minayo, M. C. S.. Psychological and psychosocial autopsies of elderly that died by suicide in Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/May). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/psychological-and-psychosocial-autopsies-of-elderly-that-died-by-suicide-in-brazil/10136?id=10136&id=10136



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