Author(s): Pinto,Agnes Caroline Souza ; Luna,Izaildo Tavares ; Sivla,Adna de Araújo ; Pinheiro,Patrícia Neyva da Costa ; Braga,Violante Augusta Batista ; Souza,Ângela Maria Alves e
Date: 2014
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Adolescent; Mental health; Risk factors; Review
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.
