HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL SUBJECT IN CASES OF SUICIDE ATTEMPT: WAYS AND DETOURS

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2020v26n1p147-160

Keywords:

Attempted suicide. Qualitative research. Emergencies. Health services.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate how a subject who attempted
suicide apprehends the sequence or suspension of the treatment and the
follow-up procedure. It is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach,
developed with patients referred and referenced by an emergency service for
specialized centers (CAPS) of the Health Network, in the city of Santa Cruz
do Sul, RS, Brazil. Eleven subjects who attempted suicide were interviewed,
averaging the age of 41 years. From the analysis resulted the identification
and classification of three categories: the voice that gives meanings to the
reality of the act, the follow-up care as a choice and understanding and
the suspension of the follow-up as a decision. The feelings reported by
the subjects express meanings, intensities and dimensions of the act of
attempting to put an end to their lives. The difficulties encountered in
the continuity of the treatments pictures the health professionals’ lack of
qualification and preparation, both from specialized centers, and, especially
from the emergency service.

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Author Biographies

Vanessa Monigueli Giehl, Universidade de Santa Cruz - UNISC

Graduada em Psicologia pela Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (Unisc), psicóloga residente no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Residência Multiprofissional Integrada em Saúde, ênfase em Intensivismo, Urgência e Emergência, no Hospital Santa Cruz, em Santa Cruz do Sul-RS.

Simone Caldas Bedin, PUC RS

Mestra em Psicologia Clínica pela Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, graduada em Psicologia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), docente no Curso de Psicologia da Unisc.

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2020-04-13

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