La presente investigacion desarrollo una metodologia descriptiva comparativa, donde planteo la identificacion de sintomatologia depresiva en una muestra comprendida por 193 estudiantes de bachillerato del colegio oriental No 26 del barrio Prados Norte de la ciudad de Cucuta, con edades comprendidas entre los 12 a 18 anos; para lo cual se desarrollo una metodologia descriptiva comparativa, por medio de la utilizacion de dos instrumentos: el primero, el inventario de depresion de Beck, el cual identifica la sintomatologia depresiva de los adolescentes ; el segundo, es un formato de recoleccion de informacion sobre las caracteristicas psicologicas del adolescente (CPA) creado por las investigadoras de este estudio, bajo la auditoria de asesores expertos en el tema, como psicologos y enfermeras especialistas en el area de salud mental; ademas, se realizo la caracterizacion sociodemografica de la muestra. Posterior a la aplicacion de los instrumentos se encontro que existe prevalencia de sintomatologia depresiva en el 38.4% de la muestra, de los cuales los niveles mas afectados segun el instrumento fueron el afectivo, seguido del cognitivo, el motor y por ultimo el somatico. Un dato relevante, es la prevalencia de ideacion suicida en el 30%, tanto en los estudiantes sintomaticos depresivos (21.71%) y en los no sintomaticos depresivos (8.28%); con respecto a las Caracteristicas Psicologicas de los adolescentes, el 90.2% de los alumnos presentaron algun grado de afectacion de las CPA, mostrando asi, que las caracteristicas mas afectadas en los jovenes de la muestra eran: la identidad personal (en las dimensiones de la autonomia, autoimagen y autoconcepto), la estabilidad emocional, el pensamiento formal y la motivacion. Referente a lo sociodemografico se encontro que la sintomatologia de presiva afecto significativamente al sexo femenino, con edad promedio de 14 anos, la convivencia uniparental del estudiante, el consumo de sustancias psicoactivas y el antecedente de depresion en la familia. Palabras clave: Salud Mnetal, Depresion, Adolescencia. Summary the present investigation developing a comparative descriptive methodology, in which the identification of depressive symptomatology in a sample comprised of 193 high school students from the Eastern College No. 26 of the Prados Norte neighborhood of the city of Cucuta, aged between 12 and 18 years, was proposed; for which a comparative descriptive methodology was developed, through the use of two instruments: the first, the inventory of Beck depression, which identifies the depressive symptoms of adolescents; the second one is a collection of information about the psychological characteristics of the adolescent (CPA) created by the researchers of this study, under the supervision of expert advisors, such as psychologists and nurses specialists in the area of mental health; In addition, the sociodemographic characterization of the sample was performed. After the application of the instruments, the prevalence of symptomatology was found in 38.4% of the sample, of which the most affected levels according to the instrument were the affective, followed by the cognitive, the motor and finally the somatic. A relevant fact is the prevalence of suicide in 30%, both in the symptomatic depressive students (21.71%) and in the non-symptomatic depressive patients (8.28%); with respect to the psychological characteristics of the adolescents, 90.2% of the students presented a degree of affectation of the CPA, thus demonstrating that the characteristics most affected in the young of the sample were: personal identity (in the dimensions of autonomy , self-image and self-concept), emotional stability, formal thinking and motivation. Concerning the sociodemographic, it was found that the pressure symptomatology significantly affected the female sex, with an average age of 14 years, the uniparental coexistence of the student, the consumption of psychoactive substances and the antecedent of depression in the family. Keywords: Mental Health, depression, adolescence.