Risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents: a integrative review
Factores de riesgo asociados a problemas de salud mental en adolescentes: revisión integradora
Fatores de risco associados a problemas de saúde mental em adolescentes: revisão integrativa
Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 48 (3), 2014
Publication year: 2014
Objective:
To identify the risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents.Method:
An integrative review was conducted in four databases with publications from 2007 to 2013. The terms Adolescent and Mental Health were used to search adequate articles as DeCs/MeSH bases.Results:
Publications were found in different journals in different fields of knowledge and the quantitative research was the most frequent. The mental health issues were categorized as individual factors; drug related factors, school factors, family factors, social factors and STDs/Aids related factors. The most addressed category was individual factors, with 23 publications.Conclusion:
The integrative review allowed to point important questions to be addressed in preventive actions by the health professional, including the nurse, to create a space that works with risk conditioning factors in adolescents for mental health aggravation. .
Identificar los factores de riesgo asociados a los problemas de salud mental en adolescentes.