Electronic Assessment Of Depression And Suicide Risk Among Youth In Tungurahua, Ecuador.

Abstract

El The present investigative work arises from the existing problem in the province of Tungurahua (Ecuador) and that has to do with a high rate of youth suicides, at national level. Numerically it is in the third place of Ecuador but percentagewise it occupies the first place at national level of youth suicides. This also implies that young people in the province will have high levels of anxiety and depression. The problem can be formulated with the following question: How to help reduce the rates of anxiety, depression and youth suicide risk in Tungurahua? The general objective of the research was: To develop web applications with 4.0 technology to improve the prevention of anxiety, depression and youth suicide risk in Tungurahua. The research was carried out in 50 educational institutions, with the participation of directors and directors of the DECE. It was evidenced that normally these educational entities do not carry out evaluations related to these mental health difficulties, because there are many students and the tabulation is delayed, on the other hand it is stated that training is conducted for prevention purposes but nothing more. The project generated 3 web applications, the first one automated the Hamilton questionnaire for the respective evaluations, the second one was predictive through facial recognition of emotions and the third one was a virtual psychologist based on artificial intelligence. A test of the use of the software was carried out with 500 students of the Instituto España and unfortunately the results obtained instantly showed that 8% have a high suicidal risk and 16% have a high level of depression. Finally, it was concluded that a quick evaluation helps in prevention.