Publicación:

Riesgo suicida en la población LGTBI en Villavicencio

Resumen

Suicide is not constituted as a disease, it is a problem that highlights the weakness of the health of an individual where it affects their physical, psychological and social well-being; is a serious public health problem, this has been one of the leading causes of death in the world, occupying the second place in 2019, In this sense, several sectors of our society are affected by this reality, in the particular case of the object of this study, It is estimated that gay and lesbian suicides could represent 30% of all suicides, but we have to be aware that suicide is not because of their LGBT identity, but because of the way the world reacts to it, so awareness of suicide risk that includes attempted suicide, Therefore, our research aimed to determine the risk of suicide in the LGTBI population in the city of Villavicencio, through a cross-sectional descriptive quantitative methodology, where the sample selection will be non-probabilistic, linear snowball type, The instrument that was applied consists of a characterization card and, to evaluate the study phenomenon, the Plutchik's Suicide Risk Scale, which allows distinguishing between those who are not at risk of suicide and those who are; early detection of suicidal risk in the LGBT population can greatly prevent cases of suicide; and therefore, the present research project poses the following research question: What is the suicide risk in the LGTBI population in the city of Villavicencio?