Hypercommunicated and socially disconnected: reflections for comprehensive education and public policies.

Abstract

Self-destructive behaviors are behaviors that put physical, mental, and socio-emotional health at risk, because of various factors. This essay highlights that the population is in a complex and hyper-communicated dynamic but distant from the understanding of otherness. Information technologies have a leading role in the phenomenon; their use for communication purposes is related to fewer symptoms of depression; use for non-communicative purposes has a greater relationship with self-destructive behaviors. From educational spaces and public policies, it is necessary to generate greater and better networks of collaboration and remuneration, which represent scaffolding and social reconnection with other people and community groups in all possible scenarios.