Citation

Mantaras G, Matusevich D. Vertex 2012; 23(105): 359-363.

Vernacular Title

Métodos cualitativos en psiquiatría: utilización del "relato de vida" para el estudio del suicidio en la vejez.

Affiliation

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (HIBA). gilda.mantaras@hospitalitaliano.org.ar.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Polemos)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23269970

Abstract

This article discusses the importance of using qualitative methods for research in psychiatry, with particular emphasis on the use of the life story method for the study of suicide in old age. We will make a historic journey through the origins and definitions of this tool and will show its use through a study made in an inpatient psychiatric unit. We will draw some conclusions regarding the importance of using qualitative methods in psychiatric research. We point out the limitations of positivism and evidence-based medicine.

Language: es