Alexitimia y vulnerabilidad a transtornos alimentarios en adolescentes gallegos de 12-16 años

Resum

Taking into account the actual problems of mental health and feeding disorders and having in mind the aim of providing new data to the educationists on the spectrum of 3389 youth inquired from Galicia (from 1º to 4º, ESO) this master investigation means to prove the incidence that these disorders here studied or the risk of suffering them; to analyze the prevalence of alexithymia and the mental health problems and to compare them with other studies in order to determine if the results thus obtained from the youth in Galicia suggest either a bigger or smaller risk of incidence from these disorders. The main conclusions we arrive at, indicate that the problems detected about TCA appear at an earlier age nowadays (11 ¿ 13 years, 1º ESO) and increase day after day. Even though the numbers are not so alarming yet, we should start worrying about the evolution of the problem as it has been detected.