Factors involved in suicidal and parasuicidal risk in Chilean youth Factores que intervienen en riesgo suicida y parasuicida en jóvenes Chilenos

Abstract

The establishment of intervening factors in suicide and parasuicide risk brings with it a series of conceptualizations that this article considers and presents in an orderly and simple way, thanks to a systematic review that accounts for studies carried out mainly in the American continent, and especially considering the Chilean dynamics in this regard. As main results, it establishes the explicitness ofpersonal, family and context factors, both social and community, that are reviewed by various authors and that undoubtedly contribute on the one hand to the primary understanding of suicide risk and, incidentally, become a fundamental input for the designand construction of programs to prevent suicidal behavior.