Sociodemographic profile of adolescents attending addiction services in the State of Aguascalientes: An exploratory study

Abstract

The aim of this article was to request information about sociodemographic teenager profile that seeks addictions attention in prevention centers in the State of Aguascalientes to receive treatment. The study was ex post-facto with a review of 146 cases from July 2012 to August 2013, there were adolescents between 12 and 19 years old who had been on treatment. Results indicate that adolescents have an average of 15 years old; they are mostly men (68.49%); average of beginning on their consumption is 13 years old. The main drug of abuse is alcohol (41.30% women, 36% men) and projecting marijuana (26% women, 33% men). Regarding their family and social context, most young people have relatives that are consumers of some addictive substance; many of them are not working, their educational level is in more than 50% Junior High School. The main consumption situations are the ones they purposely look for, and secondly are the unexpected situations. These results are very useful for expanding relevant information on the characteristics of adolescent users of substance, so that they can identify possible adjustments to specific treatments that are offered at centers of specialized care for this population in order to increase effectiveness results.