%0 Journal Article
%T Preval¨ºncia e fatores associados a indicadores negativos de sa¨²de mental em adolescentes estudantes do ensino m¨¦dio em Pernambuco, Brasil
%A Carvalho
%A Priscila Diniz de
%A Barros
%A Mauro Virgilio Gomes de
%A Santos
%A Carla Meneses
%A Melo
%A Edilanea Nunes
%A Oliveira
%A Nilma Kelly Ribeiro de
%A Lima
%A Rodrigo Antunes
%J Revista Brasileira de Sa¨²de Materno Infantil
%D 2011
%I Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco
%R 10.1590/S1519-38292011000300003
%X objectives: to identify the prevalence of and factors associated with negative mental health indicators among adolescents. methods: a previously validated questionnaire was used to gather data on 4,207 adolescents (aged between 14 and 19 years) attending high school, selected by way of conglomerate sampling in two stages. results: the prevalence of sadness, feelings of loneliness, thoughts of suicide, difficulty sleeping because of anxiety, and plans to commit suicide was 29.7%, 15.8%, 11.2%, 10.0% and 7.8% respectively. the prevalence for all indicators was higher among girls, with sadness being the most prevalent indicator. it was identified that skin-color was not a factor associated with the occurrence of negative mental health indicators, while not living with parents showed a significant degree of association with feeling of loneliness and thoughts of suicide. conclusions: the prevalence of feelings of loneliness and sadness is high and girls are a subgroup that is more vulnerable to all the negative mental health indicators.
%K adolescent
%K mental health
%K suicide
%K loneliness
%K health behavior.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1519-38292011000300003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en