Abstract

LOPEZ VAN DEN BERGHE, Juanita; MEZA-DIAZ, Francisco Javier; ROJAS-HERNANDEZ, Juan Pablo  and  ROJAS-FERNANDEZ, Juan Carlos. On suicide in health professionals and the importance of creating strategies from a holistic approach. Entramado [online]. 2021, vol.17, n.1, pp.204-216.  Epub May 05, 2021. ISSN 1900-3803.  https://doi.org/10.18041/1900-3803/entramado.1.5741.

The purpose of this article is to analyze and propose possible solutions from a holistic approach for the prevention of suicide in the medical community, since it is a social reality that must be addressed since it is growing, with health professionals being the that present a higher suicide rate compared to other professions. Consequently the main risk factors are investigated from the psychosocial field and the way in which the training of Health Science professionals is given is questioned, since it is considered that this responds to social and economic demands of the health sector, but neglects the working, social and psychological conditions of health providers. In this order of ideas and recognizing the globalized scenario in which society is immersed, it is relevant to tend to directly investigate the origin of stress in the workplace, analyze working conditions and the implicit risks to which the doctor is exposed within the organization, in order to provide timely and preventive t°°ls around the decrease in suicide rates.

Keywords : Suicide; depressive disorder; health professionals; doctors; suicide risk prevention.

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