Suicide and suicide attempts by the elderly in film: related factors as shown in feature films / Suicídios e tentativas de suicídio de personagens idosos em filmes: fatores relacionados nos filmes de longa-metragem
a survey of specialized internetcinema portals was carried out. A total of 19 feature films produced between 1950 and 2014 were identified. After the authors watched the films, synopses were written describing the circumstances of the suicide and dialogue that described the profile of the elderlycharacter was transcribed.
Results:
films that described suicide among the elderly were classified as follows malegender in 13 films (68%), depression with hopelessness in 12 (63%), existence and efficiency of health services, physical illness and absence of familiar support in ten (for each category) (53%), cognitive rigidity in eight (42%), suicidal thinking in seven (37%), dysfunctional assumptions and a self-perception of negativity in six (32%), problem-solving deficits in five (26%) and a lack of social support in five (26%).
Foi realizada pesquisa em portais especializados em arte cinematográfica sendo identificados 19 filmes de longa metragem, produzidos no período de 1950 a 2014. Após os autores assistirem as obras, foram feitas as sinopses descrevendo a construção suicida e transcritas as citações que retratavam o perfil do personagem idoso.