Risk factors for suicidal behavior in school adolescents: a review of the topic

Introduction: suicidal behavior is a sequence of events that occur progressively and, in many cases, begin with thoughts and ideas followed by suicidal plans and culminating in one or more suicide attempts, until the consummated suicide that can be triggered by several risks. Factors, both biological, psychological and sociocultural. Objective: to identify the different risk factors with greater frequency of suicidal behavior in adolescents enrolled in school. Methodology: a review of the literature was made in international databases such as PubMed, Proquest, Scopus, Dialnet with the terms of CS: suicide, risk factors, adolescents and behaviors. Subsequently, the search was filtered by date; Those that were published maximum five years ago and the language; english and spanish. Results: several risk factors were found for the development of suicidal behavior in adolescents of school age, which are part of the biological, psychological and social spheres of each individual, such as sex, age, emotional problems and affective disorders. the use of substances, interpersonal relationships and bullying. Conclusions: suicidal behavior is a multifactorial phenomenon that can be prevented through primary health care interventions.