Saúde de estudantes adolescentes : prevalência de transtornos psiquiátricos menores e fatores associados

Abstract

Adolescence is a phase characterized biologic, psychic and socio- cultural development, in which the adolescent is exposed to frequenty all times to

situations of exposed to conflicts situations revealed in many ways of behavior in his life, among them. Like aggression, consumption of the use of psychoactive substances, low school performance, unsatisfactory relationships in their family and social relationships. In this context, it ́s important to ask if there any issue in the mental health of this adolescent and what are the associated factors? This questions directed the study that composes this dissertation. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders (MPD) and its association with sociodemographic, family, school, psychoactive drug use, alcoholism and violence among adolescents students from Cuiabá-MT. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional study in a systematic stratified sample of 671 adolescent students from the Basic Education of the State Teaching Network of the urban area of Cuiabá-MT. An anonymous auto-fill instrument was applied in the classroom. Association analyzes were carried out having as a measure of association the Prevalence Ratio. RESULTS: A prevalence of 33.7% of TPM was found, with a significant association for Violence (RP = 1.10, 95% CI 1.03-1.18), positive for alcoholism (1.07, 95% CI 1.01- 1.4), drug use, except alcohol and tobacco (RP = 1.07, 95% CI 1.01-1.12) and economy class A and B, (PR = 1.07, 95% CI 1.02-1.13). CONCLUSION: In this scenario, the importance of Collective Health is emphasized regarding prevention, education for this population in an in-depth look at this phase of human development to understand the totality of their physical, mental, social and spiritual health.