Consecuencias en la salud mental debido al consumo de sustancias psicotrópicas en adolescentes entre 15 a 17 años en la Unidad Educativa Fiscal “Dr. Teodoro Alvarado Olea”.

Abstract

The present titling work arose with the need to address the problem of drug use in adolescents from a systemic approach, this was possible thanks to the formulation of the theme "Consequences in mental health due to the consumption of psychotropic substances in adolescents between 15 and 17 years in the Fiscal Educational Unit “Dr. Teodoro Alvarado Olea. This research allowed to know the intra-family relationships that exist between family members and their total family system, its general objective was to identify the effects of the use of psychotropic substances on the mental health of adolescents; It also has a mixed methodological approach that systematically integrates both qualitative and quantitative methods in a single study. The first chapter deals with drugs and it was addressed from its conceptualization, classification, types of drugs according to their legality and dangerousness, the problems of consumption in Ecuador, levels of addiction, etiology, triggering causes of consumption, consequence of addictions, Legal framework. The second chapter deals with mental health, effects of consumption on health, substance use disorder-DSM5, substancerelated categories, mental disorders due to the use of psychotropic substances ICD-10. The third chapter deals with adolescence, phases that adolescents go through for their development, adolescence and drugs. Finally, the fourth chapter deals with systemic theory, systemic epistemology, family structure, etc... Finally, the results obtained have allowed us to know, in a holistic way, the psychosocial, personal and family reality of the drug phenomenon.