NARRATIVES OF SUICIDE

Lindomar Araújo Leandro1, Modesto Leite Rolim Neto1, Luiz Carlos de Abreu2, Nádia  Nara Rolim Lima1, Marcial

Moreno Moreira1, Cícero Cruz Macedo1, Sionara Melo Figueiredo Carvalho1, Alberto Olavo Advincula Reis3

ABSTRACT

ObjECTIVE: This qualitative study aims to understand how people interpret the meanings associated with depression and probable  consequences  of suicidal tendencies. METhODS: The sample included 150 adolescents and adults of both sexes in states of depression,  with suicidal manifestations, or with a history of attempted suicide, were investigated. Narrative interview and  listening were used. RESUlTS:  In this course of private places, depression and  suicide prevail as a sequence  of referential systems while sharing pain  and  suffering. CONClUSION:  The resulting pattern of this experience set the limits of the connection between the time and space, which lead to risk and  its repercussions on psychism. Thus, it leads to a search for meanings,  which, in order to be recognized, must be interpreted.

KEYWORDS: depression, suicide, society, mental health, psychology, narration