Proceso de psicoeducación para la prevención de ideas suicidas en usuarios de un Centro de Salud Pública

Abstract

This systematization study documents the experiences gathered from the implementation of the psychoeducational process for the prevention of suicidal ideation in users within a public health institution in the city of Guayaquil. The main objective was to analyze the psychoeducation process to reduce self-harming ideations, strengthening protective factors, and limiting risk factors in order to mitigate suicidal thoughts and behaviors in users of a public health center. This systematization of experiences based its analysis on the cognitive-behavioral model and a qualitative, descriptive-reflective methodological approach. Psychoeducational workshops were held on techniques and tools for correctly managing emotions, recognizing the types of risk factors and protective factors for suicide attempts, identifying warning signs, and locating and distinguishing the support resources available to users, the teen club, and the senior citizens' club. The results obtained demonstrate favorable changes during the process, with improvements in areas such as critical reflection, participatory communication, empowerment, emotional regulation, reduction of biases, and strengthening of personal and social resources. This shows that psychoeducation is not only based on providing knowledge to participants, but also on enriching the individual in a comprehensive manner so that they have the ability to deal with complex psychosocial situations such as suicide risk.