Relación entre el uso problemático de las TIC, el consumo de sustancias y su impacto en la salud mental de los estudiantes de primero y segundo año de bachillerato, estudio realizado en establecimientos educativos fiscal, fisco misional y particular, de la Zona 4, distrito 1 y 2, circuito 04, 02 y 03, de la ciudad de Santo Domingo, provincia Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, del Ecuador, en el año 2016

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Abstract: This research was conducted on the relationship between the problematic use of ICT, substance use and its impact on the mental health of freshmen and sophomore year, study prosecutor, Fiscomisional and private educational establishments of the zone 4 District 1 and 2, circuit 04, 02 and 03 of the city of Santo Domingo; Santo Domingo province of Tsáchilas, of Ecuador, in 2016, with the aim of analyzing the distribution of substance, use of ICT and mental health indicators. It is an exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional research; technical survey and interview as tools for data collection were used; It was applied to a total of 150 students. It was concluded that students mostly over 90% do not consume or have consumed psychoactive substance, but if they consume cigarettes and alcohol in an average of 37%, the problem is predominant addiction ICT, since they have more computer 80%, cellular, Internet and video games from an early age between (5-14 years), which has become a real addiction problem.