Mental health in adolescents of Delicias (trujillo - Perú)

Authors

  • Alberto Perales Cabrera Unidad de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Cecilia Sogi Unidad de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Ricardo Morales Unidad de Postgrado, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, La Libertad, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v62i4.4203

Keywords:

Mental health, Adolescence, Adolescent psychology, Urbanization, Group processes, Social change

Abstract

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.
Vol 62, No 4 (2001)

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2001-12-31

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Vol. 62 No. 4 (2001)

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Copyright (c) 2001 Alberto Perales Cabrera, Cecilia Sogi, Ricardo Morales

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Perales Cabrera A, Sogi C, Morales R. Mental health in adolescents of Delicias (trujillo - Perú). An Fac med [Internet]. 2001 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];62(4):301-1. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/4203