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2202/2013 - Suicide attempts in children and adolescents: injury of the part or of the entire?
Tentativa de suicídio infanto-juvenil: lesão da parte ou do todo?

Author:

• MICHELLE ALEXANDRA GOMES ALVES - ALVES, Michelle Alexandra Gomes - BELO HORIZONTE, MG - UNA-BH - <michellealexandra.ga@bol.com.br>

Thematic Area:

Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente

Abstract:

This study aimed to verify the registration and the number of cases of suicide attempts among children and adolescents in the municipality of Matozinhos, Minas Gerais, Brazil, who were assisted by health professionals from the Emergency Care. This is a documental investigation, which data were collected through a survey in Outpatient Sheets from 2008 to 2010. Of the 73,000 sheets evaluated, those dealing with cases of attempted suicide among children and adolescents between three and 18 years old were selected. It was realized that the health professionals, particularly physicians and nurses, do not register the cases appropriately, invalidating information about the problem and its prevention measures. It was concluded that the underreporting and the discrepancy of the diagnostics which were also not referred to the competent agencies require rethinking and reviewing the medical practice, and drive a systematic and careful look to realize the subject as a whole complex.

Keywords:

suicide attempted suicide children and adolescents health professionals

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ALVES, Michelle Alexandra Gomes. Suicide attempts in children and adolescents: injury of the part or of the entire?. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2014/Feb). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/suicide-attempts-in-children-and-adolescents-injury-of-the-part-or-of-the-entire/14945?id=14945



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