Mental health in adolescents of Delicias (trujillo - Perú)

• Autores: Perales Cabrera, Alberto, Sogi, Cecilia, Morales, Ricardo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2001
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/4203
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/4203
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Mental health; Adolescence; Adolescent psychology; Urbanization; Group processes; Social change; Salud mental; Adolescencia; Psicología del adolescente; Urbanización; Procesos de grupo; Cambio social

OBJECTIVE: To examine the mental health of 12 to 18 year-old adolescent population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A mental health household survey was carried out in a sample randomly selected from two areas of Las Delicias, District of Moche, Trujillo City, Peru: 32 subjects from Taquila (a rural area) and 43 from the North Zone (an area in process of urbanization). RESULTS: Problems related to substance abuse, mainly alcohol, were more predominant in Taquila while symptoms of distress and depression with lower family and social support were evident in the North Zone; the differences between the two subsamples were statistically significant. CONCLUSION: Stressors related to the described problems are probably immerse in the macrovariables associated to the urbanization process of that population.