Suicide in adolescence: a silent and pressing problem

The research arose on the basis of the social and scientific foundations related to suicide starting from the center of adolescence. The authors proposed suggestions from the psycho-social point of view to prevent suicide as a way to solve problems in this early stage of life. In this sense, the objective of this work was to design a psychosocial strategy to prevent suicide through the implementation of actions aimed at adolescents prone to this mode of action. To solve the objective, the qualitative approach was used, and interpretative methods, documentary review, and analysis-synthesis were used. A bibliographic review of scientific articles from the Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholarly databases of empirical studies related to theoretical-practical elements related to suicide, its manifestations, causes and treatments to prevent it was carried out. The results revealed the need to pay special attention to adolescents with psychological and psychiatric disorders to prevent them from resorting to this route to solve their problems.