El suicidio en adolescentes. Una problemática de salud pública en Colombia

Abstract

The suicide was declared by the OMS as a public health problem and the young population is highlighted as the most vulnerable. Therefore, the objective of this article is to identify the approach to suicide in Colombia in adolescents as a specific population. The methodology used was a documentary review of different databases to achieve a bibliographic analysis. The results achieved at a general level show that adolescents are the population with the highest risk of committing suicidal behaviors and of reaching completed suicide, with which the number of cases continues to increase significantly. Conclusions: adolescence represents significant changes in different areas of development, which implies greater risk factors for this population, added to the various socioeconomic and psychological difficulties that may arise. In addition to this, all the sectors involved and especially psychology have a prudent place in the creation and development of interventions to mitigate the phenomenon.