Novos sintomas dos adolescentes e jovens na educação: tentativa de suicídio e atos de autoagressão

Abstract

Suicide has come into the spotlight recently due to the increase in suicide rates, not only in Brazil but also worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, 800,000 people died by suicide last year. When it comes to suicide, the age group that stands out the most is young people 15-29 years of age. Nowadays, educational institutions have become stages for displaying the suffering of young people and adolescents.They feature suicidal intent and severed bodies or acts of self-aggression in a variety of ways.To the surprise of teachers, managers, and colleagues, these acts are often practiced and displayed in the physical spaces of schools and universities.The general objective of this research is to analyze ways to intervene in cases of attempted suicide and acts of self-injury carried out by adolescents and young people in the educational environment.The methodology used is (Psychoanalytically) Conversation and Psycho- analytically Oriented Clinical Interviews, which consists of a mechanism created by the psychoanalyst Jacques-Alain Miller. The Conversation is about giving the floor to a group of peers who identify with each other to discuss a symptomatic issue they have pointed out. On the other hand, Psychoanalytically-oriented Clinical Interviews contribute to the production of knowledge about an individual, starting from themselves that makes it possible to locate their position in life. The results found that giving the word (to peers) has revealed itself to be an operator capable of facilitating the rescue of that which, from the desire for each one, in a singular way, connects and privileges the bonds with life. It was concluded that it is fundamental to have a welcoming space offered by primary and higher education institutions to the addresses that some students make of their suffering to talk about this discomfort. In addition to that, using the research-intervention methodologies of psychoanalysis not only understands and p resents such a phenomenon, but it also provides analysts and educators with an ethical position and makes such operators mobilize themselves on the cases. As a result, young people do not die or can, at least, work through suffering and anguish, seeking paths and answers linked to life. It is also possible to put yourself in motion in front of a young person or teenager who makes your despair appear instead of being paralyzed and facing the anguish that the act displays.