Análise dos casos de suicídio ocorridos em fortaleza no ano de 2007 : abordagem farmacológica e psiquiátrico-legal

Abstract

The issue of suicide should be analyzed from a broad and realistic psychiatric medical point of view. Several researches have been developed in order to identify characteristics associated with individuals who commit suicide and its risk factors. There is a belief that suicide must be analysed as a complex act, enrolled by different variables, from genetic to psychological, psychiatric and socio-cultural aspects, therefore, suicides are linked to several risk factors, it is necessary to diagnose early those individuals who present any psychic alteration. It is also necessary that suicidal forensic psychiatry can be able to identify the mental health of suicide through psychological autopsies in order to use the results as evidences in legal questions. Some of the alterations associated to suicide are: depression, alcoholism, personality disorder and general medical conditions, among others. Considering that suicide is reported as a public health problem in many countries, it is necessary to analyze the circumstances involved in this phenomenon for data collection in order to develop strategies for prevention and treatment of precipitating causes of such an act. This thesis examines the cases of suicides in Fortaleza, in the year 2007: Pharmacological and Legal Psychiatric Approaches, and defends the need for investing in Neuropsychopharmacology treatment of all individuals with mental illnesses that could lead to suicide.