Suicide ideation or attempt among children and adolescents: integrative review of nursing practice

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2025.227265

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Suicidal Ideation, Attempted Suicide, Child, Adolescent, Nursing Care

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Objective: to analyze the practice of nurses in the face of suicidal ideation and attempts by children and adolescents according to information available in the literature. Methodology: integrative review carried out in the Virtual Health Library, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and Web of Science with a time frame from 2013 to 2023. Peer review and double-blind selection resulted in 11 publications. The analysis was thematic. Results: the studies point to nurses’ difficulties in taking an individualized and humanized approach, recording information in medical records and planning mental health care. Nurses’ lack of knowledge and training can lead to inadequate care. Five tools were found for identifying suicide risk that can be used with children and adolescents aged between 7 and 21 years. Conclusion: nurses’ lack of knowledge makes it difficult to identify suicide ideation and attempts in children and adolescents in a variety of contexts. There is a need for nurses to assess and identify suicidal ideation and risk behaviors during care. In this sense, it is necessary for existing instruments to be translated and validated in Brazil in order to optimize the early identification of suicidal ideation and attempts.

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  • Tania Vignuda de Souza, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

    Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Professora Associada do Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil da Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Brasil.

  • Lia Leão Ciuffo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

    Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Professora Associada do Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil da Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Brasil

  • Juliana Silva Melo dos Reis, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

    Enfermeira. Especialista em saúde mental e psiquiatria da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Brasil.

  • Isabel Cristina dos Santos Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

    Enfermeira. Professora Titular do Departamento de Enfermagem Médico Cirúrgica da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Brasil.

  • Juliana Rezende Montenegro Medeiros de Moraes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

    Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Professora Associada do Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil da Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

  • Maria Angélica de Almeida Peres, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

    Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Professora Associada do Departamento de Enfermagem Fundamental da Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery da Universidade Federal do Rio de janeiro. Brasil.

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2025-04-04

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Vol. 21 (2025): SMAD, Revista Eletrônica Saúde Mental, Álcool e Drogas

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Souza, T. V. de ., Ciuffo, L. L., Reis, J. S. M. dos ., Oliveira, I. C. dos S. ., Moraes, J. R. M. M. de, & Peres, M. A. de A. . (2025). Suicide ideation or attempt among children and adolescents: integrative review of nursing practice. SMAD Revista Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool E Drogas (Edição Em Português), 21, e-227265. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2025.227265