“_SELF-HARM VIOLENCE IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS OCCURRING IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT FROM 2017 TO 2021__”
“___Attempted suicide, Suicide, Epidemiology, Public Health__”
“__The concern with the mental health of youth and adolescents has been the subject of discussion worldwide, as we observe an alarming increase in the rates of suicide attempts in this population group. The Federal District (DF) is no exception, showing an increase in these attempts between 2017 and 2021. The objective of this article is to analyze the lethality by self-harm violence in residents of the DF, aged 10 to 24 years, between 2017 and 2021. This is a descriptive and retrospective study of quantitative approach, of ecological type, with use of secondary data of cases of attempted self-extermination (TAE) and deaths by suicide. The result of this analysis showed that, despite the increase in the cases of TAE, in this same period there was a decrease in the lethality of these acts. However, one must consider the overall burden of suicide and its attempts on the young population and the importance of this for public health_”