Abstract
Actually the depression in adolescents consists of a complex and increasingly recurring phenomenon. To identify and discuss the studies being produced on this topic conducted a literature review based on indexed searches on the banks of SciElo data; Journal Portal Capes; BDTD; APA; ScienceDirect; Redalyc; Lillacs and MedLine, by crossing the keywords: depressão e adolescência; depression and adolescence; depressão em adolescentes; depression in adolescents; depression en adolescents. Identified 247 texts and after assessment based on the eligibility criteria, remaining 159 studies. At first these surveys were organizes quantitatively and then, for a qualitative analysis. The studies evidenced five thematic categories: depressive symptoms; factors associated with symptomatic variability; stressful events and risk factors; comorbidities associated with adolescent depression and depression and suicide in adolescents. The addressed axes show that there is still much to discuss this form of disease, because of multiple contours that constitute it. We highlight the shortage of guided work in a phenomenological perspective, despite the gradual growth in recent years. It is suggested to fostering and building new spaces for discussion, in order to help professionals who are involved with this theme in his praxis.
Depression; Adolescents; Literature Review; Phenomenology
