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Original Article • Cad. Bras. Ter. Ocup. 26 (04) • Dec 2018 • https://doi.org/10.4322/2526-8910.ctoAO1610   copy

The students’ perspective on suicide approach during Occupational Therapy training1 1 The article is part of the research developed in the Department of Occupational Therapy of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro entitled “The approach of suicide in the training of the occupational therapist: what the students say”, whose results were presented as work of conclusion of course of the first author. The research was submitted to the Research Ethics Committee of the Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho of UFRJ, and it was approved through opinion number 1,636,174.

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Abstract

This article aims to analyze the occupational therapy students’ perception of a Public higher education Institution on suicide approach during training. This is a qualitative study with descriptive-analytical approach, with transverse temporal cut, performed in Rio de Janeiro. Suicide is still a complex theme and requires greater visibility. Most students interviewed expressed the view that suicide can be a result of mental disorder or associated with intense suffering. They also reported not having taken the approach on the suicide in the undergraduate disciplines, only indirectly, especially in Ethics and Oncology disciplines. Despite this, they reported about the relevant and consistent topic that the literature demonstrates. Rethink the approach of this theme in the formation of occupational therapists is an important issue to be treated in Brazilian universities.

Keywords:
Occupational Therapy; Suicide; Professional Training; Public Health

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