Pandemia x suicídio : a influência do isolamento social no comportamento suicida entre os jovens

Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic has affected the emotional side of many people, especially young people. Fear, uncertainties, isolation, loneliness, ended up being factors for the increase of diseases such as anxiety, depression and potentialized suicidal actions. In adolescence, suicide is one of the most serious public health problems in the world, leading the main causes of death in this stage of life. Therefore, the present work aims to evaluate how the pandemic affected suicidal behavior among young Brazilians. A search was carried out for articles in the PubMed, SciELO, Virtual Health Library (BVS) and Google Scholar databases published between 2019 and 2023. The reviewed articles showed some factors associated with suicidal ideation, such as: self-reported mental illness, somatic symptoms, sleep disorders, dissociation, depression, anger, anxiety, memory changes, and increased alcohol consumption and smoking. Even if some factors for the increase in cases of suicide among young people have been clarified, further studies are needed to develop strategies to minimize this problem and thus reduce the social impacts and the number of cases.