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      Cuando la memoria se hace opaca y solo el dolor fulgura: abordaje sanitario del fenómeno suicida en Las Vírgenes Suicidas (1999) de Sofia Coppola Translated title: When memories become opaque and only the pain glows: Sanitary approach of the suicidal phenomenon in The Virgin Suicides (1999) by Sofia Coppola

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          RESUMEN En la década de 1970, en una ciudad norteamericana, cinco hermanas entre los trece y los diecisiete años cometieron suicidio, comenzado por Cecilia, la menor de las hermanas Lisbon. Una ola de tristeza plagada de interrogantes inundó las mentes de aquellos que convivieron con ellas y de todos aquellos fueron testigos de cómo poco a poco fueron perdiendo su alegría, sus motivaciones y su esencia hasta convertirse en sombras inexpresivas de lo que una vez fueron. Ante las peculiaridades descritas entre las muertes de las hermanas en las Vírgenes suicidas de Sofía Coppola 1999, el espectador puede plantearse diversas cuestiones relacionadas con el manejo sanitario adecuado y el papel del personal de salud para abordar de manera óptima la salud mental durante la adolescencia y de las medidas de prevención recomendables tanto en lo individual como en lo colectivo. El presente artículo se ofrece como un análisis a propósito de las conductas suicidas ficticias reportadas en el filme, como si de algún modo, las hermanas Lisbon pudiesen atenderse con los recursos y conocimientos que tienen en la actualidad los médicos contemporáneos a través del sistema sanitario, sin pasar por alto las condiciones en las cuales sucedieron sus trágicas muertes.

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          ABSTRACT In the 1970s, in the suburbs of a US city, five sisters between thirteen and seventeen years of age committed suicide, starting with Cecilia, the youngest of the Lisbon sisters. A wave of sadness plagued with questions invaded the minds of those who lived with them and of all those who witnessed how little by little they lost their joy, their motivations and their essence until they became inexpressive shadows of what they once were. Given the peculiarities described between the deaths of the sisters in the Suicide Virgins of Sofia Coppola 1999, the expectation may ask several questions related to proper health approach and the role of health personnel to optimally address mental health in adolescence and of preventive measures recommended in both, individual and collective levels. This article is offered as an analysis of the fictional suicidal behaviors reported in the film, as if in some way, the Lisbon sisters could be treated with the resources and knowledge that contemporary doctors have in present time through the healthcare system, without ignoring the conditions in which their tragic deaths occurred.

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          Suicide is a worldwide phenomenon. This review is based on a literature search of the World Health Organization (WHO) databases and PubMed. According to the WHO, in 2015, about 800,000 suicides were documented worldwide, and globally 78% of all completed suicides occur in low- and middle-income countries. Overall, suicides account for 1.4% of premature deaths worldwide. Differences arise between regions and countries with respect to the age, gender, and socioeconomic status of the individual and the respective country, method of suicide, and access to health care. During the second and third decades of life, suicide is the second leading cause of death. Completed suicides are three times more common in males than females; for suicide attempts, an inverse ratio can be found. Suicide attempts are up to 30 times more common compared to suicides; they are however important predictors of repeated attempts as well as completed suicides. Overall, suicide rates vary among the sexes and across lifetimes, whereas methods differ according to countries. The most commonly used methods are hanging, self-poisoning with pesticides, and use of firearms. The majority of suicides worldwide are related to psychiatric diseases. Among those, depression, substance use, and psychosis constitute the most relevant risk factors, but also anxiety, personality-, eating- and trauma-related disorders as well as organic mental disorders significantly add to unnatural causes of death compared to the general population. Overall, the matter at hand is relatively complex and a significant amount of underreporting is likely to be present. Nevertheless, suicides can, at least partially, be prevented by restricting access to means of suicide, by training primary care physicians and health workers to identify people at risk as well as to assess and manage respective crises, provide adequate follow-up care and address the way this is reported by the media. Suicidality represents a major societal and health care problem; it thus should be given a high priority in many realms.
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              More than 800 000 people die every year from suicide, and about 20 times more attempt suicide. In most countries, suicide risk is highest in older males, and risk of attempted suicide is highest in younger females. The higher lethal level of suicidal acts in males is explained by the preference for more lethal methods, as well as other factors. In the vast majority of cases, suicidal behavior occurs in the context of psychiatric disorders, depression being the most important one. Improving the treatment of depression, restricting access to lethal means, and avoiding the Werther effect (imitation suicide) are central aspects of suicide prevention programs. In several European regions, the four-level intervention concept of the European Alliance Against Depression (www.EAAD.net), simultaneously targeting depression and suicidal behavior, has been found to have preventive effects on suicidal behavior. It has already been implemented in more than 100 regions in Europe.
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                Journal
                rmc
                Revista de Medicina y Cine
                Rev Med Cine
                Universidad de Salamanca (Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain )
                1885-5210
                December 2020
                : 16
                : 4
                : 279-288
                Affiliations
                [2] Ciudad de México orgnameInstituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía «Manuel Velasco Suárez» México
                [1] Yucatán Yucatán orgnameUniversidad Marista de Mérida Mexico
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                S1885-52102020000400005 S1885-5210(20)01600400005
                10.14201/rmc2020164279288
                c83d3b79-12b6-49de-9198-315e06f435e4

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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                : 05 April 2020
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                suicidal ideation,prevention,mental health,adolescence,suicide,ideación suicida,prevención,salud mental,adolescencia,suicidio

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