Simpósio Brasileiro de Comunicação em Enfermagem
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Igue Cristina Emiko, Rolim Marli Alves, Stefanelli Maguida Costa. Suicide and its social representations: schemes for organizing communication about the phenomenon. In: Anais do 8. Simpósio Brasileiro de Comunicação em Enfermagem [Anais online]; 2002  Maio 02-03; São Paulo, SP, Brasil. 2002 [citado 2024 Abr 25]. Disponvel em: URL: http://www.proceedings.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=MSC0000000052002000200001&lng=pt&nrm=van .

This study aims to identify the representations members of a nursing team elaborate about the suicide phenomenon in a psychiatric institution. Twenty members of the nursing team (10 nurses and 10 nursing assistants) were interviewed. The ethical aspects of the research were considered. Data were submitted to content analysis according to Bardin, supported by the theoretical-methodological reference base of Moscovici’s social representation theory: "Individual choice", "flight", "lack of perspective", "self-destructive behavior" and "violence against others", "phenomenon linked to psychiatric disorders and serious organic diseases" were themes that delineated the category "Suicide - how to understand it?". It is important to know the professionals` social representation about suicide because they constitute structuring cores , i.e., "organizing schemes of interpretations and communication that do not only allow for the social comprehension but also guide the action"(SPINK, 1989).

Palavras-chave : suicide; psychiatric nursing; psychic suffering.