Perfil de usuários com comportamento suicida e estratégias de educação permanente em saúde no município de Caicó-RN
Suicide; Suicide attempt; Center for Psychosocial Care; Permanent Education; Group Therapy.
Suicide is considered one of the most prevalent problems in public health and has increasing levels worldwide. The municipality of Caicó / RN remained for years among the first places in the Brazilian mortality rate by suicide, in municipalities of up to 50 thousand inhabitants. In the last two years, suicide attempts have become the greatest demand for care in the Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS) III. Considered as a prevention strategy for high-risk populations, improving health services and developing effective interventions for this group represents a major challenge in this Region.
The objective was to identify users with suicidal behavior admitted to CAPS III, since its foundation; to elaborate protocol for the identification and referral of people with suicidal behavior admitted to the CAPS III of the municipality of Caicó; and offer permanent health education activities to health professionals.
It is characterized as an action research, this study was developed in three stages, being: (1) Identification of CAPS III users with suicidal behavior; (2) Permanent education to professionals of the devices of the mental health care network of Caico; and, (3) Meeting with the CAPS III Technical Team. The first stage consisted of the preparatory and only quantitative stage, in which CAPS III users with suicidal behavior were identified, analyzed and quantified in the period from May to October 2018. The second stage was developed through an education activity / action and health through a Training Forum, addressing as the theme: "Network of Care and Prevention of Suicide Behavior." The third stage corresponded to another action of permanent education in health, a specific meeting for the professionals of CAPS III.