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Objetivo: Identificar intervenciones preventivas de la conducta suicida en estudiantes adolescentes y jóvenes, diferentes al modelo de guardianes. Metodología: Revisión sistemática con búsqueda en 11 bases de datos, sobre intervenciones preventivas de la ideación e intento de suicidio en entornos educativos. Se llevó a cabo una evaluación de calidad metodológica de los artículos y valoración de sesgos, a través de Cochrane rct risk of bias tool RoB1 para ensayos clínicos, trend para cuasiexperimentos y Ciapponi para ensayos observacionales; se efectuó una síntesis cualitativa. Resultados: De 31 636 artículos inicialmente encontrados, se incluyeron 26. Todas las intervenciones fueron educativas, de tres tipos: presenciales, virtuales y las que combinaban las dos modalidades. Estas estaban dirigidas a aumentar el conocimiento y mejorar las actitudes sobre el suicidio, y facilitar la búsqueda de ayuda; combinaban la educación teórica y práctica, y la intervención directa a sujetos con alto riesgo. Todas fueron realizadas en la escuela o universidad. Con respecto a la valoración de sesgos, solo un estudio tuvo baja calidad. Todos los estudios reportaron resultados positivos en el aumento del conocimiento sobre el suicidio, mejoramiento de las actitudes hacia los pares suicidas, reducción de la ideación e intento de suicidio, aumento de la búsqueda de ayuda y uso de los servicios de apoyo disponibles en el entorno educativo. Conclusión: Existe variedad de intervenciones para prevenir la conducta suicida, algunas basadas en modelos teóricos, otras no. Se requiere profundizar en el estudio de estos programas, para orientar su implementación en otros contextos y la toma de decisiones en salud pública

Objetivo. Evaluar el Programa BIZI, un programa de formación de guardianes o gatekeepers (GTK, por su sigla en inglés) en español y con un formato novedoso en línea, autocompletado, breve y de acceso libre desarrollado como parte de la estrategia de prevención de suicidio en Euskadi (España) para mejorar la prevención del suicidio desde entornos comunitarios. Métodos. Un grupo multicomponente de expertos creó el programa y probó su usabilidad en una fase preliminar. Para la evaluación se utilizó un diseño de grupo único y medidas repetidas (antes, posinmediato y a los tres meses). Se evaluó su impacto en las competencias GTK básicas con cuestionarios en línea, así como la adherencia a los contenidos y satisfacción. Se incluyeron en el estudio agentes comunitarios (educadores y trabajadores sociales, ente otros) que respondieron a una invitación enviada por los coordinadores comarcales de salud pública. Resultados. En total, 728 personas accedieron a la formación, y 86% la finalizó. Completaron la evaluación 569 personas (81,2% eran mujeres, la edad media fue de 41,4 años). Las competencias GTK básicas de actitud, autoeficacia y conocimiento mejoraron de manera significativa, y la mejora se mantuvo ≥ 3 meses en una submuestra (P = 0,0001). Conclusiones. Los resultados son prometedores y sugieren la utilidad de BIZI para mejorar la capacidad y la disposición de agentes comunitarios para identificar a personas en riesgo y derivarlos a recursos especializados. Su formato novedoso le confiere ventajas importantes respecto de otros formatos GTK más habituales, y facilita su difusión en entornos de escasos recursos. Es el primer programa de este tipo cuya eficacia ha sido demostrada y también el primero disponible en español.

Suicide is a persistent social and public health problem; every year represents a global crisis that affects contemporary societies. A dominant psychopathological perspective summarizes current understanding. However, empirical evidence suggests that suicide is a complex, ambivalent and multidimensional phenomenon, involving social, economic, cultural and educational aspects. Every death by suicide is a failure of society and public policies. The purpose of this work is to offer some reasons to conceptualize suicide as a social problem.

OBJECTIVE: This article aims to describe the process of designing and evaluating the effectiveness of a communication strategy for the prevention of adolescent suicide among peers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was carried out in four phases: 1) identification of needs among adolescents, 2) design of the communication strategy, 3) review of content and graphic materials by experts, and 4) piloting and evaluating effectiveness. RESULTS: The identified needs were grouped into categories: 1) Identify the warning signs of suicidal behavior, in one's own and one's peers; 2) know what to do; 3) know where and how to ask for help; and 4) reduce the stigma of professional mental health care. Key content and messages were developed for the first three categories through the acronym "ESA" (By its acronym in Spanish, Listen to the warning signs, Not Only, and Professional Help), aimed at adolescents from 10 to 19 years old. The graphic identity was based on three characters and an ideologue. CONCLUSIONS: The effectiveness of a communication campaign was developed and tested to raise awareness among adolescents about suicidal behaviors to seek help for themselves and their peers and to reduce the stigma towards suicide and mental health problems in adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

INTRODUCTION: During the last two decades, suicide rates decreased in all regions of the world, except in the region of the Americas; in Mexico, they increased especially in the group of adolescents and young people. In response to this problem, Mexico is the sixth country in the region of the Americas to develop a National Program for Suicide Prevention (PRONAPS) that addresses it from a contextual public health perspective. OBJECTIVE: To describe the structure of the National Program for Suicide Prevention in Mexico, based on the model of Integrated Health Services Networks and the tiered model of attention to suicide risk, Dynamic Model of Suicide Risk Orders (MODORIS). RELEVANCE: One of the main strategies for suicide prevention at the global level is to increase access to health services, which should be accompanied by quality care based on the approach, management and treatment of suicidality from models with clinical evidence, which can be implemented from the community to specialized health services. These actions are prioritized in PRONAPS under five central axes: intersectoral and interinstitutional organization and coordination; epidemiological surveillance; intervention; training; and research, to provide and sustain comprehensive care for people at risk of suicide. This is the first time in the country that these actions are structured and implemented in an articulated manner at an intersectoral level, so one of the main challenges of PRONAPS is to maintain its governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

En este artículo, el autor reflexiona sobre la importancia de reconocer el suicidio como un problema de salud pública, sus causas y las recomendaciones generales para prevenirlo. Finalmente, propone considerar la muerte médicamente asistida o el suicidio asistido como una estrategia de prevención del suicidio traumático.

El suicidio es un problema de salud que afecta a la población infantil y adolescente y que debe ser abordado desde todas las direcciones, incluida la escuela. Por ello, el objetivo de este estudio es explorar las necesidades de formación de docentes de educación primaria para apoyar la prevención del suicidio en las escuelas. Los datos para el estudio se recogieron a partir de una serie de entrevistas semiestructuradas con una muestra no probabilística de 31 docentes de enseñanza primaria de Cuba que tuvieron experiencias de estudiantes con intentos de suicidio, y se procesaron utilizando el análisis de contenido Atlas.ti 9. Los resultados revelan un conocimiento insuficiente sobre las causas de los intentos de suicidio, los signos de riesgo de la conducta suicida y el papel del profesorado en la prevención. Las deficiencias observadas en relación con la ejecución de acciones preventivas se atribuyen a la ausencia de protocolos establecidos, la presencia de mitos en torno al tema y las limitadas habilidades y conocimientos por parte de las y los docentes. El artículo concluye recomendando más investigación sobre el tema, y cursos de formación para profesores dirigidos a la identificación de alumnado de riesgo, el seguimiento de estudiantes con conductas suicidas, la promoción y facilitación de la prevención grupal dentro de la escuela, y el asesoramiento familiar.

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Objetivo. Identificar el conocimiento cultural del suicidio que tienen niños y niñas en la infancia media, cómo saben de ello, a qué causas lo atribuyen, las emociones asociadas y sus creencias para su prevención. Metodología. Se entrevistaron 59 niños y niñas urbanos entre 8 y 11 años de Guadalajara, México. Resultados. La mayoría de los niños y niñas conocía la palabra suicidio. Obtuvieron conocimiento de esta por medio de contenidos en Internet y televisión. Así mismo, los problemas emocionales de los niños y las niñas, el maltrato emocional en la familia y el acoso escolar, se situaron como causas del suicidio infantil. Las emociones asociadas fueron tristeza, enojo y miedo. Consideraron que su prevención podría ser mediante mayor comprensión hacia el/la niño(a), mayor convivencia, vigilar a aquellos con riesgo de suicidio e impedirlo físicamente. Conclusiones. Es posible proponer estrategias para la prevención apropiadas culturalmente.

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Introducción: las muertes por suicidio repercuten en las familias, los miembros de la unidad y la comunidad militar. Estudios recientes señalan los diversos factores de riesgo y prevalencia de conductas suicidas en miembros de las fuerzas armadas, como también la falta de capacitación en la prevención, evaluación, intervención y posvención del suicidio en los planes de estudios de ciencias de la salud. Objetivo: describir la importancia de incluir cursos de prevención del suicidio en ciencias de la salud y fuerzas armadas. Resultados: se enfatiza la relevancia de educación sobre las conductas suicidas, los principales apartados y contenidos en estudiantes de ciencias de la salud, la formación complementaria en estudiantes y miembros de las fuerzas armadas, y los beneficios de la formación en prevención del suicidio. En ese sentido, la evidencia empírica indica que la inclusión de cursos en los planes de estudio o la capacitación adicional para profesionales de la salud y miembros de las fuerzas armadas en prevención del suicidio son favorables para la sensibilización, construcción y fortalecimiento de conocimientos sobre las conductas suicidas. Conclusiones: existe interés y motivación para garantizar que la educación esté disponible para todos, dado que una formación adecuada permite un abordaje responsable, compasivo y basado en evidencias en beneficio de la comunidad.

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Objective. To identify the cultural knowledge of suicide that children have in middle childhood, how they know about it, what causes may they attribute to it, the associated emotions and their beliefs for its prevention. Methodology. A total of 59 urban boys and girls between 8 and 11 years old from Guadalajara, Mexico, were interviewed. Results. Most of the participants knew the meaning of the word suicide. They obtained knowledge of suicide through content on the Internet and television. Likewise, the emotional problems in children, emotional abuse in the family and bullying were placed as causes of child suicide. The associated emotions were sadness, anger, and fear. They considered that suicide prevention could be through greater understanding towards the child, greater coexistence, monitoring those at risk of suicide and physically preventing it. Conclusions. It is possible to propose culturally appropriate prevention strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research addresses the question of how suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policies have been defined in Spain in the last decade. Therefore, the current state of their development in the architecture of the autonomic State is evaluated. Using the World Health Organisation’s indicators as main framework, this text assesses the design of these policies from the deliberative approach of public policy analysis. Through an evaluation matrix of twelve indicators, this applied analysis checks the current degree of correspondence with these control measures, developed from the Mental Health Plans of the Autonomous Communities. The results of this evaluation reveal not only the notorious differences between regions, but also relevant shortcomings in the formal design of suicide control policies in Spain in accordance to international standards. These inaccuracies also reveal a lack of precision in the identification of national benchmarks in the design of such policies, despite formal improvements in their designs due to the COVID-19 crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La presente investigación aborda la cuestión por la cual se han ido definiendo las políticas de prevención, intervención y postvención del suicidio en España en la última década, evaluando el actual estado de su desarrollo en la arquitectura del Estado autonómico. Teniendo como marco principal los indicadores de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, este texto evalúa el diseño de estas políticas desde el enfoque deliberativo de análisis de políticas públicas. Este análisis aplicado comprueba, mediante una matriz de evaluación de doce indicadores, el grado de correspondencia actual de dichas medidas de contención, agrupadas en torno a los Planes de Salud Mental de las Comunidades Autónomas. Los resultados de esta evaluación revelan no sólo las diferencias notorias entre regiones, sino relevantes carencias en el diseño formal de las políticas de contención del suicidio en España de acuerdo a estándares internacionales. Estas imprecisiones dejan entrever la falta de precisión en la identificación de referentes nacionales en el diseño de dichas políticas, a pesar de que la crisis del COVID-19 haya impulsado una mejora formal del diseño.

This study aimed to verify the extent to which the levels of quality of life are related to and influence suicide risk indices. A descriptive, correlational, quantitative research was performed. A non-probabilistic sample was used which was composed of 11,863 Brazilian participants all over 18 years old, who responded to the Risk Assessment Suicide Scale (RASS) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF Instrument (WHOQOL-BREF), and whose data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, the Spearman correlation and multiple linear regression using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The results identify negative, moderate and significant correlations between the constructs, and that the domains of quality of life influence 47.8% of the variations in the suicide risk indices, confirming that the psychological domain is the most relevant within the explanatory model created. The conclusion is that there is a the need for public policies to improve the quality of life and prevent suicide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. Suicide continues to be the leading external cause of death in Spain, according to the latest report on deaths by cause of death published by the National Statistics Institute (INE, for its initials in Spanish) in December 20191. According to this report, there were 3,539 deaths by suicide recorded in 2018. Ten people voluntarily ending their lives each day. Málaga province recorded 134 deaths by suicide in 2018, being therefore one of the provinces with the highest incidence in the autonomous community of Andalucía and the eighth nationally. Method. This descriptive, cross-sectional period-prevalence survey of health professionals was carried out in one Málaga Healthcare Area (Spain). The main outcome variable was attitudinal beliefs, which were evaluated using the Questionnaire on Attitudinal Beliefs towards Suicide Behavior (CCCS-18), which includes four factors: legitimization of suicide, suicide in terminating patients, moral dimension and suicide itself, measured with an average response scale of 1 to 7 points, identifying stigmatizing attitudes or beliefs those average scores lower than 3.5. Results. A total of 135 health professionals completed the questionnaire, being 58.5% nurses, 25.9% doctors and 15.6% social health workers. The mean score of the CCCS-18 scale was 3.6 (SD: 1.17) points, finding significant differences depending on the profession (p: 0.043), with a mean 3.22 (SD: 1.17) in physicians, 3.66 (SD: 1.02) in nurses, and 3.99 (SD: 1.52) in social health workers. In analysis by factors, mean scores were found in the sample below 3.5 both in the factor "legitimation of suicide" (mean: 2.59; SD: 1.28), and in the factor "own suicide" (mean: 2, 9; SD: 1.47). Conclusions. The health professionals of the Health Area of the Western Costa del Sol have expressed unfavorable attitudes and beliefs in dimensions related to the legitimation of suicide and suicide itself, with worse attitudes being determined globally in medical professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El objetivo del presente estudio es analizar la pertinencia de la sistematización de la práctica desde la narrativa y la horizontalidad para comprender cómo una asociación civil construye alternativas de apoyo a personas y familias en condiciones de vulnerabilidad, especialmente a aquellos que han sido víctimas de violencia. Se parte de la comprensión de seis dimensiones: procesos de duelo, resiliencia comunitaria, educación para la paz, prácticas restaurativas, prevención del suicidio y desarrollo humano y espiritualidad ignaciana, para favorecer la comprensión de los procesos de cambio psicosociales en un contexto caracterizado por la pobreza y la violencia. El estudio se llevó a cabo en el Centro Familiar para la Integración y el Crecimiento, A.C. en Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Los participantes en el estudio fueron el grupo de trabajo del mencionado Centro, los beneficiarios y los aliados del mismo. Se emplearon técnicas cualitativas como: relatos de vida, relatos testimoniales, entrevistas en profundidad y grupos de discusión.

Paciente joven con diagnóstico principal de depresión e historial de tentativas de suicidio con benzodiacepinas acude a la farmacia para la realización de un Sistema Personalizado de Dosificación (SPD). Se trata de un caso de SPD atípico en cuanto a su perfil: joven, sin problemas cognitivos, polimedicación moderada y pautas posológicas sencillas. Se estudia la experiencia farmacoterapéutica de la paciente y se acuerda con ella la implicación en el proceso de su familia y la realización de un SPD que se dividirá en tres partes semanales en lugar de una entrega semanal, con lo que se consigue reducir la disponibilidad de medicación en el domicilio y mejorar la calidad de vida de la paciente y de su familia; todo ello favorecido por el establecimiento y desarrollo de la relación terapéutica.

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High demand of care and the academic burden of courses of specialization in medicine affect the mental health of medical residents with events ranging from simple emotional discomfort to development of affective disorders in susceptible individuals. The suicide of physicians has produced programs for their attention in some countries. We present the first mental health clinic for residents of a high specialty hospital in Mexico, focused on the prevention of suicide and depression, treatment of mental disorders and mental health promotion. Unlike the reports of other countries, we get participation of more than 95%, we provide appropriate treatment and follow-up to residents with mental disorder, and there has not been a consummate suicide. We assume that the use of different strategies (scrutiny, adapting models of prevention of suicide as a peer and gatekeeper training, informative sessions of mental health promotion and stigma, interventions targeted at individuals and groups with conflicts) has been useful against barriers that do not allow doctors to identify the risk of suicide warning signs, seek help for mental disorder, and seek to improve their mental health.

A lida com o suicídio exige do psicoterapeuta um olhar atento aos fatores de risco e aspectos relacionados à morte e ao desespero humano. O objetivo deste artigo é oferecer possibilidades de instrumentalização ao psicoterapeuta com clientes em situação de crise suicida, fornecendo reflexões sobre o suicídio, sobre procedimentos e estratégias utilizados em psicoterapia, tanto em relação à prevenção quanto à posvenção do suicídio. O método utilizado foi o levantamento bibliográfico de estudos realizados no Brasil e nos Estados Unidos sobre o tema suicídio, bem como a experiência de 20 anos em atendimentos a clientes em crises suicidas. Embora o ato de se matar deva ser visto como problemática de saúde pública, considera-se que uma das maneiras de se prevenir o suicídio é compreender e enxergar a pessoa suicida como um ser singular e que suas inúmeras motivações para tal comportamento pertencem ao domínio privado.

The aim of the present study is to analyze the relevance of the systematization of practice from narrative and horizontality in order to understand how a civil association (CA) builds aid alternatives for vulnerable people and families, especially those victims of violence. Based on the understanding of six dimensions-grieving processes, community resilience, peace education, restorative practices, suicide prevention, human development and Ignatian spirituality--it is favored the understanding of the psychosocial change processes in a context characterized by poverty and violence. The study was led in the CA Family Center for Integration and Growth in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. The participants in the study were the work group of the aforementioned Center, its beneficiaries and its allies. The qualitative techniques used were life stories, testimonials, in-depth interviews and group discussions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Se buscaba identificar a los estudiantes con niveles bajos en algunos factores protectores del riesgo suicida (asertividad, comunicación efectiva, autoestima, toma de decisiones), evaluados con un cuestionario Ad Hoc (autores) y complementariamente el Riesgo suicida (RS), evaluado con el Cuestionario de Riesgo suicida de Plutchik, en 130 estudiantes de segundo, tercero y cuarto año de estudios de un colegio estatal de la localidad de Huánuco-Perú. El 29 % (38 estudiantes) cumplía con los mencionados criterios de inclusión. Se elaboró y aplicó un programa para incrementar los mencionados factores de protección (FPRS) e indirectamente actuar sobre el riesgo suicida o de otros problemas asociados a los déficits hallados. Mediante un diseño de pretest y postest de un solo grupo se evalúa el efecto del programa (de 8 sesiones con los estudiantes y una con el personal de la institución educativa) en los 25 estudiantes que asisten a todos los talleres. Se encuentran diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre ambas evaluaciones para cada uno de los factores y para el puntaje total de valores, mediante la prueba t de student, con un  de 0.05.

Suicide is a serious public health problem and it is imperative to develop prevention strategies. College students, especially freshman, could be at greater risk due to the demands of university life. Awareness campaigns are one of the most widely used prevention strategies. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the exposure and knowledge of the suicide prevention, stigma, coping strategies and resources in freshman students of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Most students reported no exposure to awareness campaigns, only 23.4% are aware of available health care resources to refer a person at risk of suicide. The students report more public stigma, and men report more personal and public stigma than women, and sex differences in coping strategies in the face of stressful events. Most would go to their boyfriend/girlfriend or couple, parents, and other relatives for support for emotional problems or suicidal thoughts, while 19% or more would probably not go to anyone. It is imperative to implement strategies to improve their emotional well-being and encourage appropriate help seeking behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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One explanation for the continued high rates of suicide in the United States may be insufficient coordination between organizations involved in prevention. Therefore, the factors that promote interorganizational collaboration should be identified and fostered. Surveys were administered to 37 organizations involved in suicide prevention in one Colorado community to: (1) assess the nature of collaboration and (2) identify relationship strength indicators associated with different types of collaboration. Results were examined using social network and regression analyses. Organizations reported more sharing information and resources and sending and receiving referrals than developing service infrastructure and coordinating training and screening activities. Some types of organizations were more connected than others, and the influence of relationship strength indicators was mostly consistent across different types of collaboration. This study offers new insight into the structural and relational aspects of interorganizational collaboration in suicide prevention and may serve as a model to better understand networks within other community health settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The dealing with suicide demands from the psychotherapist a watchful look at the risk factors and aspects related to death and human despair. The objective of this article is to offer possibilities of instrumentation to the psychotherapist with clients in suicidal crisis, providing thinking on suicide, about some procedures and strategies used in psychotherapy, both in relation to the prevention and posvention of suicide. The method used was a literature review of studies that took place in Brazil and in the USA regarding the theme of suicide, as well as the experience of 20 years in dealing with clients in suicidal crisis. Although the act of killing itself should be seen as a public health problem, it is considered that one of the ways of preventing the suicide is to comprehend and see the suicidal person as a unique being and that its numerous motivations for such behavior belong to the private domain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Resumo: Este artigo tem como objetivo revisitar os feitos e homenagear a professora doutora Blanca Susana Guevara Werlang, cinco anos após seu falecimento. Trata-se de uma importante figura na área da avaliação psicológica e em assuntos ligados à prevenção do suicídio, cujo legado se colhe ainda nos tempos atuais. Sua expressiva e relevante produção abarca principalmente temas ligados ao desenvolvimento e adaptação de instrumentos de avaliação psicológica, nas áreas de intervenção clínica e comportamentos violentos. Blanca foi Bolsista Produtividade do CNPq, Professora Titular da Faculdade de Psicologia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul e integrou a Comissão Consultiva em Avaliação Psicológica do Conselho Federal de Psicologia de 2005 até seu falecimento, no ano de 2013.