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Volume 4
Journal of Pediatric Care
ISSN: 2471-805X
Page 29
August 06-07, 2018 Madrid, Spain
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JOINT EVENT
2
nd
Edition of International Conference on
Adolescent Health & Medicine
18
th
International Conference on
Pediatrics Health
Pediatrics Health 2018
&
Adolescent Health 2018
August 06-07, 2018
Promoting mental health of youths: An approach to the prevention of suicidal risk
Introduction:
The promotion of mental health of young people is one of the key fundamentals facing the world in the third
millennium. Abrupt environmental changes that experience in everyday life put youths faced with situations of hostility and
uncertainty, often creating mental disorders especially depression and suicide. Therefore, reflected the importance of the early
detection of mental problems of young people in school context for future universities function as prime locations for culture
and education aimed at social maturation of young, boosting the social adjustment individual and your own socialization. The
scientific evidence and the worldwide health agencies warn of the vital need to promote the mental health of adolescents and
young adult.
Objectives:
In this context, the authors developed a study whose aim is to evaluate the level of suicidal risk and depression of
young students from 12 to 18 years of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RAM), Portugal. In the same way intends to select
intervention strategies for mental health promotion and prevention in young people, on the basis of the data obtained.
Methodology:
It is a cross-sectional study, descriptive, analytical and inferential study a representative sample (n = 1557) and
stratified, probabilistic of both sexes by municipality of RAM, who attend normal schooling (elective year 2014-2015), with a
sampling error of 1.2%. The selected measuring instruments were the Stork Suicidal Risk Scale and the Zung Depression Scale.
Results:
The average age of young people is 15.2 years, 55.2% female. Most shows no depression (81.5%), or suicidal risk
(67.7%). However as regards depression noted that 18.5% have depressive mood (18.2%) and major depression (0.3%). As for
the risk suicidal 16.8% of young people should be the subject of concern, as 10.1% reveal weak risk, 4.0% showed important
suicidal risk and 2.7% suicidal risk is extremely important.
Table 1-characteristics of the sample in terms of suicidal risk and depression.
There is an association between depression and suicidal risk (p = 0.000) and between the two gender disorders (both p = 0.000)
and age group (respectively p = 0.043 and p = 0.000), being the highest values of 15 to 18 years.
Table 2 – correlation between the suicidal risk and the depression
Maria Helena de Agrela Goncalves Jardim
University of Madeira, Portugal
Maria Helena de Agrela Goncalves Jardim, J Pediatr Care 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-805X-C3-010