@article{ref1,
title="Suicide and its psychopathological relations: a qualitative analysis of 6 cases of rational suicide",
journal="Cadernos de Saude Publica",
year="2000",
author="Mello, Marcelo Feijó de",
volume="16",
number="1",
pages="163-170",
abstract="We studied the meaning given to the terms &quot;death&quot; and &quot;suicide&quot; among psychiatric inpatients. Forty-four patients who had been admitted in a psychiatric inpatient unit following a suicide attempt underwent a qualitative interview, using a &quot;general guide interview&quot; approach. The results were analyzed systematically to investigate the relationship between attempted suicide and mental disorder. In 6 cases there was no correlation between the attempted suicide and psychopathological symptoms. One of these patients had a psychiatric diagnosis, but this did not seem to be related to the suicide attempt. All of them made a rational a deliberate suicidal act. Conclusion: even in a psychiatric inpatient setting, suicide attempts are not always a behavioural expression of underlying psychopathological disturbances - individual and social factors also play a decisive role.<p /><p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="0102-311X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}