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Risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents: a integrative review

Authors :
Agnes Caroline Souza Pinto
Izaildo Tavares Luna
Adna de Araújo Sivla
Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro
Violante Augusta Batista Braga
Ângela Maria Alves e Souza
Source :
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, Vol 48, Iss 3, Pp 555-564 (2014)
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
SciELO, 2014.

Abstract

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.

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
ISSN :
1980220X and 00806234
Volume :
48
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.18309be0c48c45f98834ad1d247b5067
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-623420140000300022