Conducta suicida en adolescentes y factores asociados

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Suicide throughout history has been interpreted as an inherent fact of the human condition, which has been explained by different approaches that have determined its multifactorial causality based on biological, psychological and social characteristics. The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 800,000 people commit suicide each year. In Ecuador, a rate of 13.6 is estimated, adolescent suicides, per 100,000 inhabitants. OBJECTIVE: To establish the associated factors in suicidal behavior that affect adolescents. METHODOLOGY: Scientific bibliographic sources were researched, in English or Spanish, published since 2014, in databases such as COCHRANE IBEROAMÉRICA, PUB MED, IRIS, SCIELO, taking into account the publications of Psychiatry and Psychology journals. CONCLUSIONS: The factors associated with suicidal behavior in adolescents are: Psychological factors such as depression; social problems such as family problems, school bullying and family violence; Individuals such as low self-esteem. And finally other factors of lower relationship such as alcohol consumption, sexual abuse, social stress, among others.