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[...] In addition to a period of great anxiety, it represents a stimulating and creative phase in that it opens up to new experiences, new possibilities. In this sense, adolescence can be seen as a difficult, but creative and positive phase, or as a dangerous and dramatic phase of life that can lead to dangerous consequences such as the suicidal actrisk of suicide. In reality, adolescence is characterized by a probable dissonance more or less temporary, due to the emergence ofpressures biological, psychological and socialHere, before reaching a new balance, they present themselves and are experienced as a suspension between an inactive past and a barely outlined future. [...]
[...] Melancholy: From Sadness to Depression A. Definition of Melancholy Objective: To propose a multidisciplinary approach by drawing on psychology, sociology, and even philosophy. B. The State of Sadness That Prepares for Depression Objective: To understand that the state of generalized sadness is a fertile ground, a cognitive factor that remains a sign of a depressive state C. The Relationship to the Other Objective: To understand that the melancholic state is de facto a psychological construction linked to the confinement of oneself and one's inability to be another. [...]
[...] This risk is therefore linked to the anxieties related totransformations sexual-body and identity of the adolescent. From then on, the binomial melancholy and suicidal act can enter into interdependence to facilitate the suicidal act in the adolescent in as much as the adolescent, by losing vital communication with the world, which remains at the heart of depression, sees its fundamental trust in this world shaken, making its behavior and daily exchanges difficult. It is not a matter of trust as a psychological sentiment, but it occurs at a more primitive level and concerns a vital communication between man and the world that surrounds him. [...]
[...] Therefore, the question of gender and the specificity of the look on adolescence forces us to understand what makes the singularity of the passage to the suicidal act in adolescence Detailed Plan I. Adolescence: The Period of Acts of Passage A. The Search for Self or Identity in Question Objective: Understand the state of adolescents and young women in relation to identity transformations. B. Isolation and Solitude Objective: Understand how the transition to adulthood contributes to isolation and solitude. C. [...]
[...] Solitude and isolation are also common among adolescents3 (Dupont, 2016). In this context, melancholy, as a form of deviation from mood, can appear in clinical pictures of deep depression, with cognitive symptoms that can lead adolescents and, in addition, adolescent girls to a suicidal act The fact that girls mature with more suicidal thoughts than their peers would therefore be potentially motivated by the influence of social gender norms and the pressure of aesthetic models that compromise body satisfaction, self-esteem, and emotional well-being4 (Mallet, 2004). [...]
