Abstract
Methodological Proposal for Studying Suicide as a Complex Phenomenon
de Souza Minayo M C~~Cavalcante F G~~et al
This article presents a methodological proposal for studying suicide & suicide attempts in a mining town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The authors created different strategies to trace the local epidemiological profile, adapted a psychosocial autopsy technique to reveal suicide cases, a psychosocial harm assessment technique to comprehend suicide attempts, & conducted a local analysis of socio-cultural context. The methods proposed proved productive for elucidating the study hypothesis. (45 refs)