Citation

Muñoz JL, Gómez MC, Vicario BP, Martín MÁ. Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP 2014; 48: 139-147.

Affiliation

INTRAS Foundation, Salamanca University, Zamora Hospital, Salamanca, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Universidade de Sao Paulo)

DOI

10.1590/S0080-623420140000800021

PMID

25830748

Abstract

According to the WHO (World Health Organization) and the European Union, suicide is considered to be a health problem of prime importance and to be one of the principal causes of unnatural death. In Spain, the number of suicides has increased 12% since 2005. The Research Project "European Regions Enforcing Actions against Suicide (EUREGENAS), funded by the Health Program 2008-2013, has as main objective the description of an integrated model of Mental Health orientated to the prevention of suicide. The differences that allow distinguishing the meaning of prevention in suicide behavior are described and explained through a qualitative methodological strategy and through the creation of discussion groups formed by different groups of health professionals. The results highlight the existing differences between the diverse health professionals who come more in contact with this problem and it shows as well the coincidence of meaning that suicide has to be considered as a priority in the field of health.

Language: en