Relación de la depresión con los pensamientos suicidas en el adolescente.

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to gather information to learn about the relationship of depression with suicidal thoughts in adolescents, since it constitutes a health problem worldwide due to its high rate of cases of depression in adolescents, this research proposes inquire about the relationship between depression and suicidal ideation to take prevention strategies into consideration, carrying out adequate interventions that can address and modify those suicidal thoughts and ideations, which in many cases lead to suicide. The main objective was to analyze the relationship of depression with suicidal thoughts in adolescents to identify how this mood disorder affects said thoughts, through a bibliographic review and semistructured interviews with a specialist in Clinical Psychology. The method that was chosen to carry out this research work was descriptive, the interpretive paradigm in relation to the qualitative approach through a bibliographic review as a technique and through semi-structured interviews as an instrument, which allowed obtaining experiences, knowledge and in-depth perspectives to complement the information found in the literatura. Based on the results of the bibliographic review, it was possible to analyze how the behavior of an adolescent with depression is perceived and how he can have suicidal thoughts, through the interviews it was possible to understand the characteristics of a depressed adolescent patient who have suicidal Thoughts that lead to suicidal behaviors, either because many people, such as the family or social environment, become affected for the adolescent.