Abstract
Objective: To discuss aspects related to child and youth suicide. Methods: It is an integrative literature review with data collection through bibliographic survey, data surveys were collected in the virtual libraries LILACS, BVS and SCIELO, including articles published in the last 10 years from 2009 to 2019. Results: From the content analysis of the collected materials in order to answer the research questions, the following categories emerged: I) Factors that lead the child / adolescent to suicide; II) Actions that save lives, that show the importance of the family in the recognition of risk factors and in the treatment of the child / adolescent who goes through suicidal ideation or who has already attempted suicide, in addition to reporting ways to help this group and discuss what leads children and adolescents to commit this act. Final Considerations: Suicide affects both those who commit the act and those who live with the suicide.