Abstract
Background:
Suicide is a serious public health problem, still permeated by stigma, a fact that makes it difficult to record these events and care for the people involved. As it is a multicausal event, the construction of care goes through intersectoral actions.
Objective:
To map the elements involved in the life context of a woman who attempted suicide (guide user), highlighting the paths taken in the subjectivation process and in the production of care in her existential territory.
Method:
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the guide user, her friends, family, and health professionals. This research was carried out in the city of Icapuí,Ceará, from August/2018 to March/2019. The analysis was based on concepts of Philosophy of Difference, Michel Foucault's theory, and Collective Health.
Results:
The paths taken by the guide user formed her existential territory in this process of territorialization, deterritorialization, and reterritorialization. It was noticed that the social network was her greatest protection, but also her greatest vulnerability, crossing stigmas and identifications.
Conclusions:
Considering the unpreparedness of health professionals and the community in dealing with suicide, we focus on permanent and intersectoral prevention, training and protection programs for people involved in this context, as well as interprofessional practices, especially in Primary Health Care.
Keywords:
suicide; attempted; geographic mapping; delivery of health care