Suicide: a public health problem increased due to the pandemic

Abstract

Suicide is a public health problem that affects individuals, groups, and communities; Its severe repercussions for social and cultural dynamics have multiple dimensions and explanations from different disciplines and theoretical perspectives. As a social problem, it affects the communities impacted by the consequences of this issue, such as the perception of security, health, economic stability, and psychological stability (World Health Organization, 2018). For psychology, these types of problems have serious effects on the physical and emotional health of those affected by its consequences and harmful dynamics (Shneidman, 1992). Therefore, issues such as depression, emotional needs and other physical and emotional illnesses can lead to the deterioration of those affected. They may suffer throughout their lives since emotional vulnerability is a simultaneously social vulnerability that usually remains for a long time in those affected (Andrade et al., 2017; Instituto de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forences - Forensis, 2017).