Family functioning and self-harm behaviors in adolescents and young people in the municipality of Valledupar-Colombia

Abstract

Introduction: There are risk factors associated with the life cycle of adolescence and early adulthood, such as depression and hopelessness, disappointment and guilt at the impossibility of meeting parental expectations, family problems, a history of suicide in relatives, friends, and/or colleagues, difficulties in communication, a tendency to isolation, few interpersonal relationships, abuse of psychoactive substances, cuts or blows to the body, ideas, fantasies or previous attempts, considering suicide as a heroic act. Suicidal ideation and behavior in adolescence and youth is a public health problem with emotional, family, economic, and social consequences.