Prevalencia de trastornos psicopatológicos en estudiantes del ciclo diversificado del Colegio Técnico Daniel Córdova Toral, en la ciudad de Cuenca durante el año 2011

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to determine the prevalence and the characteristics of the psychopathological disorders in adolescents of Daniel Córdova High School during 2011.- A descriptive, quantitative study is presented, in which a survey was performed with the symptoms questionnaire: SRQ and DSM VI TR that include depression, anxiety, psychosis, substance consumption and antisocial behaviour.- It was possible to prove from the results that out of 447 students, 256 (57,27%) present psychopathological disorders.- From these 256 students, the majority were 15 to 17 years old and in the field work it was evidenced that the most frequent psychological disorder is depression and/or anxiety in 37,11%, followed by behaviour disorders with 35,94% and finally by alcohol consumption with a 26,95%.- From the students that presented alcohol and drug consumption, the majority were 17 years old. Depression was the most frequent among freshman year students, and among sophomores and seniors it was drug and alcohol consumption. By speciality, electro mechanic students, with more frequency, presented depression, while students in other specialties leaned to alcohol and drug consumption.-Therefore, it can be concluded from the present research paper that psychological disorders were an evident reality among students in Daniel Córdova High School during 2011. Being the personality disorders (anxiety and/or depression) the most frequent among the young students.AU