Author:

• Ana Elisa Bastos Figueiredo - Figueiredo,A.E.B. - Rio de Janeiro - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública - <aebfigueiredo@yahoo.com.br> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7207-0911

Co-author(s):

• Girliani Silva de Sousa - Sousa, G.S. - Fortaleza, Ceará - Universidade de Fortaleza - <girlianisilva@hotmail.com>
• Denise Machado Duran Gutierrez - Gutierrez, D.M.D - Universidade Federal do Amazonas - <dmdgutie@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0031-3045
• Herla Maria Jorge Furtado - Furtado, HNJ - Universidade de Fortaleza - <herlinha17@hotmail.com>
• Luiza Jane Eyre de Souza Vieira - Vieira, LJES - Universidade de Fortaleza - <janeeyre@unifor.com.br>
• Raimunda Matilde do Nascimento Mangas - Mangas, RMN - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública - <raimangas.mangas1@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7284-7740
• Raimunda Magalhães da Silva - SILVA, R.M - Fortaleza, CE - Universidade de Fortaleza - <rmsilva@unifor.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5353-7520

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Abstract:

Abstract
An analysis regarding the suicide of the elderly and its impact on the family dynamic. This article is a qualitative research denominated psyco-social autopsy and is based on interviews with the family members of 51 elderly who committed suicide from 10 Brazilian cities. The study in these cities was defined by epidemiological research that revealed the relevance of this phenomenon. Many themes were analyzed in the investigation. But this text focuses on how the family faced the death of the elderly person, their impressions, regarding the act, and the repercussions on its members and the social network. Using a comprehensive analysis of the testimonies, the following core senses were developed: guilt for the act, social isolation and its manifestations in health, social stigma and prejudice, perspectives of overcoming family suffering, anger and belief in the improbability of the act, and attention towards the family members. The families manifested suffering, sadness, and perplexity for the death of the elderly person, which influences and has repercussions on its dynamic and individual context [ambit]. Such consequences are different in each researched area depending on the experiences the family has had with acts of this nature.

Keywords:

suicide elderly family

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