Suicídio e o trabalho.

Abstract

Introduction: This work seeks to carry out a bibliographic review on suicidal behavior related to the work environment. More than 700,000 people commit suicide every year and, since the 1990s, there has been an increase in cases in which the breakdown of the work environment is identified as the main motivator. Some professions are more susceptible, such as health professionals, especially physicians and even medical students (1,2,3). There is also a high suicide rate among bank workers (4). From the 2000s, the subject gained more prominence with the wave of suicides in large companies such as France Telecom, Carrefour, Peugeot, Renault, Électricité de France (5). In 2015, an airline co-pilot intentionally crashed the plane in the French Alps. It is urgent to discuss suicide, preventive measures and stay alert as a society and professionals in the field of Psychiatry. Objective: To review some aspects of suicidal behavior, relating them to the work environment. Methodology: The research carried out was of a qualitative nature, using a literature review: books, articles, theses, dissertations and the database of the Portal de Periódicos Capes/MEC, PUBMED (US National Library of Medicine), Google Scholar, SCIELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online). Only bibliography in Portuguese and English were used and articles to which full access was not obtained were excluded.