Circumstances involving female suicide: a psychosocial autopsy

Abstract

Aim: To analyze the psychosocial context of the moments that preceded death by suicide of women in a municipality of Rio Grande do Norte. Method: This is a study of the psychosocial autopsy type, using a qualitative approach, developed in a municipality of Rio Grande do Norte that presents a strong history involving suicide. The collection of necropsy reports was carried out at the Technical Institute of Expertise and then in-depth interviews were carried out with twelve relatives of suicidal women, from the semi-structured interview script for psychosocial autopsies; the analysis of the data took place through the Thematic Content Analysis. Preliminary results: The suicides studied presented characteristics very close to what is already known in the literature; it was verified the presence of mental disorders, marital conflicts, emotional dependence and gender violence as strong predictors of female suicide acts.