Estrategias de intervención desde el trabajo social frente al suicidio en la adolescencia

Abstract

This monographic work titled “Intervention Strategies from the Perspective of Social Work against Suicide in Adolescence” deals with, among others, the following topics: definitions and types of suicide, factors influencing on suicide in adolescence, and the causes which generate this public health problem. The central “subject” of this research is adolescence, an age group where suicide has become the third cause of death. A suicidal behavior is also dealt with in this work, by considering the changes and psychological characteristics which are decisive for detecting these kinds of behavior so as to prevent them and intervene from different professional perspectives, where multidisciplinary work is the basis for specialized intervention. In this scenario of multidisciplinarity, the job of a Social Worker is characterized, in this monography, as a task carried out by a professional who harmonically invigorate the action of other professionals involved in it by relying on the psycho-educational area and on the definition of the social scenario. Finally, certain strategies and conceptual and methodological alternatives are proposed in order to prevent suicide in adolescence, as well as to teach their families and close friends how to deal with this problem. This is then a methodological proposal which defines itself as a strategy to prevent suicide and it is the job of a multidisciplinary team where psychologists, medical doctors, psychiatrists, nurses, educators, family counselors, and social workers participate, with the purpose of helping to prevent this calamity and relate both concepts and methodologiesin professional practice. A profound interview with a psychiatrist working in one of the local hospitals has been transcribed.