The development of an educational product as a strategy for suicide prevention and mental health promotion in the school environment

Abstract

This article presents the writing process of an educational product, e-book type, developed in a professional master's research in the area of education, which aimed to identify the perception and training needs of education professionals about suicide prevention in order to develop an educational material. The suicide rates among Brazilian youth and the situations related to suicidal behavior observed in the field of educational psychology motivated its writing. The material offers information about prevention and management of suicide risk situations in the school environment. It was developed from the biopsychosocial perspective and multidisciplinary approach to suicidal behavior. [...]. It is expected to scientifically reference school workers in their performance, to expand and improve the initiatives of mental health promotion and suicide prevention in the educational context, and to inspire Brazilian research in this field.

Keywords: Educational product; Suicide prevention; Professional and technological education; Mental health at school.