Citation

Dantas ESO, Guimarães J. Online Braz. J. Nurs. 2019; 16: 103-105.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, NAIG, Nursing Activities Group, School of Nursing, Fluminense Federal University)

DOI

10.17665/1676-4285.20176161

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

AIM: To analyze the psychosocial context of the moments that preceded death by suicide of women in a municipality of Rio Grande do Norte.

METHOD: This is a study of the psychosocial autopsy type, using a qualitative approach, developed in a municipality of Rio Grande do Norte that presents a strong history involving suicide. The collection of necropsy reports was carried out at the Technical Institute of Expertise and then in-depth interviews were carried out with twelve relatives of suicidal women, from the semistructured interview script for psychosocial autopsies; the analysis of the data took place through the Thematic Content Analysis. Preliminary results: The suicides studied presented characteristics very close to what is already known in the literature; it was verified the presence of mental disorders, marital conflicts, emotional dependence and gender violence as strong predictors of female suicide acts. © 2019. Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing. All Rights Reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Women; Suicide; Mental health; Gender and health