Considering the multiple transitions in adolescence, nursing has an important role in promoting actions of appreciation and bond through assistance interventions provided in psychic suffering. The school integrates these promotions in making the student learn what is lived outside of it, with a constant look at society, presenting the experiences of living together in a group. To identify situations or events that trigger anxious and depressive symptoms in young students. A transversal quantitative survey was carried out with 84 students regularly enrolled in a public high school in Presidente Prudente municipality. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire prepared by the authors themselves, and they were analyzed by descriptive statistics, being presented in absolute and relative frequency form. The results showed that the situations of being evaluated in public and those experienced for the first time trigger the anxious factor, while the family and relationships are pointed out in situations that offer sadness and depression. The study sought to emphasize the commitment of the nurse to the importance of working in the multiprofessional team and school in the knowledge of dealing with different situations and seeking therapeutic commitment.Keywords: tennagers; mental disorders, mental helth, psychiatric nursing; social vulnerability.