Desarrollo de un comportamiento suicida

Abstract

The purpose of this writing is to describe the development of suicidal behavior in adolescents based on the literary review carried out, making clear the conceptualization proposed by the World Health Organization (2012), who define as suicide “the deliberate act of taking off the life ”(p75), likewise the characteristics of suicidal behavior are detailed under the position of different authors, such as ideation, planning, attempt and self-classifications, in turn, there is a comorbidity and prevalence of some mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, mood disorders, bipolar, and somatization in subjects who have received hospital care for this cause, suicide represents the third cause of death worldwide according to WHO data, therefore it is considered a public health problem worldwide, On the other hand, adolescence is taken into account as the stage of the life course most prone to d development of this type of behavior since this can influence the consummation of the act, due to the risk factors and precipitants of its vital development, finally it is concluded that there are various psychosocial and individual risk factors, which together with the presence of Triggering event can induce some individuals with certain aptitudes and attitudes to make the decision to kill themselves.