Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaAn Approach to the Study of Suicide in Venezuela
This research tries to deepen the knowledge of suicides in Venezuela, a country that experiences a deep humanitarian crisis, which has become worse since 2014. For this purpose, two approaches are proposed: a quantitative approach and a qualitative one. In the first one, numerical indicators are est...
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2021
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| author | Páez Silva, Gustavo Alejandro Trejo, Yhimaina Rondón, Karina Gulfo, Nilsa |
| author_facet | Páez Silva, Gustavo Alejandro Trejo, Yhimaina Rondón, Karina Gulfo, Nilsa |
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| description | This research tries to deepen the knowledge of suicides in Venezuela, a country that experiences a deep humanitarian crisis, which has become worse since 2014. For this purpose, two approaches are proposed: a quantitative approach and a qualitative one. In the first one, numerical indicators are estimated in order to know, analyze and understand the incidence of the occurrence and frequency of suicides in the country. Through the second approach, interviews to relatives of victims of suicide and with professionals related to the topic are carried out. The results indicate that the suicide rate in Venezuela increased between 2015 and 2018, most probably as a consequence of the crisis the nation is going through. This conclusion is reinforced with the findings derived from the interviews from which it is deduced that the national context was present as an intervening risk factor and as a key explanatory component of the probable increase in suicide figures. The main conclusion is that the crisis could have acted as a triggering factor for an accumulation of negative feelings and thoughts, and for disorders of depression and anxiety, which, in turn, could have driven Venezuelans of different ages towards suicidal acts. |
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| spelling | urvio-article-46492022-01-21T15:18:02Z An Approach to the Study of Suicide in Venezuela Una aproximación al estudio del suicidio en Venezuela Uma abordagem para o estudo do suicídio na Venezuela Páez Silva, Gustavo Alejandro Trejo, Yhimaina Rondón, Karina Gulfo, Nilsa crisis emociones suicidio trastornos Venezuela crisis disorders emotions suicide Venezuela This research tries to deepen the knowledge of suicides in Venezuela, a country that experiences a deep humanitarian crisis, which has become worse since 2014. For this purpose, two approaches are proposed: a quantitative approach and a qualitative one. In the first one, numerical indicators are estimated in order to know, analyze and understand the incidence of the occurrence and frequency of suicides in the country. Through the second approach, interviews to relatives of victims of suicide and with professionals related to the topic are carried out. The results indicate that the suicide rate in Venezuela increased between 2015 and 2018, most probably as a consequence of the crisis the nation is going through. This conclusion is reinforced with the findings derived from the interviews from which it is deduced that the national context was present as an intervening risk factor and as a key explanatory component of the probable increase in suicide figures. The main conclusion is that the crisis could have acted as a triggering factor for an accumulation of negative feelings and thoughts, and for disorders of depression and anxiety, which, in turn, could have driven Venezuelans of different ages towards suicidal acts. Esta investigación ahonda en el conocimiento de los suicidios en Venezuela, país que vive una profunda crisis humanitaria, agravada desde el año 2014. Se plantean dos enfoques: uno cuantitativo y otro cualitativo. Mediante el primero, se estiman indicadores numéricos para analizar la ocurrencia y la frecuencia de suicidios en el país. Por medio del segundo, se llevan a cabo entrevistas a familiares de víctimas de hechos suicidas y a profesionales vinculados con el tema. Los resultados indican que la tasa de suicidios en Venezuela se incrementó entre 2015 y 2018, muy probablemente como consecuencia de la crisis que atraviesa la nación. Esto se refuerza con los hallazgos derivados de las entrevistas, de donde se extrae que el contexto nacional está presente como factor de riesgo interviniente y componente clave explicativo del probable aumento de los suicidios. La principal conclusión es que la crisis podría haber actuado como detonante de un cúmulo de sentimientos y pensamientos negativos, y de trastornos de depresión y ansiedad, los cuales, a su vez, podrían haber impulsado a venezolanos de distintas edades hacia actos suicidas. Abstract This research tries to deepen the knowledge of suicides in Venezuela, a country that experiences a deep humanitarian crisis, which has become worse since 2014. For this purpose, two approaches are proposed: a quantitative approach and a qualitative one. In the first one, numerical indicators are estimated in order to know, analyze and understand the incidence of the occurrence and frequency of suicides in the country. Through the second approach, interviews to relatives of victims of suicide and with professionals related to the topic are carried out. The results indicate that the suicide rate in Venezuela increased between 2015 and 2018, most probably as a consequence of the crisis the nation is going through. This conclusion is reinforced with the findings derived from the interviews from which it is deduced that the national context was present as an intervening risk factor and as a key explanatory component of the probable increase in suicide figures. The main conclusion is that the crisis could have acted as a triggering factor for an accumulation of negative feelings and thoughts, and for disorders of depression and anxiety, which, in turn, could have driven Venezuelans of different ages towards suicidal acts. FLACSO - Sede Ecuador 2021-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html text/html https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4649 10.17141/urvio.31.2021.4649 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; No. 31 (2021): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (septiembre-diciembre); 90-108 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; Núm. 31 (2021): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (septiembre-diciembre); 90-108 1390-4299 1390-3691 10.17141/urvio.31.2021 spa https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4649/3865 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4649/3877 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4649/3878 Derechos de autor 2021 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad |
| spellingShingle | Páez Silva, Gustavo Alejandro Trejo, Yhimaina Rondón, Karina Gulfo, Nilsa An Approach to the Study of Suicide in Venezuela |
| title | An Approach to the Study of Suicide in Venezuela |
| title_full | An Approach to the Study of Suicide in Venezuela |
| title_fullStr | An Approach to the Study of Suicide in Venezuela |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Approach to the Study of Suicide in Venezuela |
| title_short | An Approach to the Study of Suicide in Venezuela |
| title_sort | approach to the study of suicide in venezuela |
| url | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4649 |