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depression leading cause disability morbidity mortality among adolescent girls africa varying prevalence across different populations however paucity data burden depression among priority groups unique settings like adolescent girls living refugee settlements access mental health services including psychosocial support psychiatric consultation scarce conducted crosssectional descriptive observational study among adolescent girls 4 selected refugee settlements obongi yumbe districts uganda multistage sampling cluster sampling techniques settlement represented 1 cluster done prevalence depression assessed using patient health questionnaire9 modified adolescents followed p4 screener assessment tool suicidal risks performed modified poisson regression analysis establish predictors depression p 05 considered statistically significant included 385 participants mean age 17 iqr 1518 years prevalence depression 151 n 58 95 confidence interval ci 116190 overall 86 n 33 participants recent suicidal thoughts within 1 month 23 n 9 attempted suicide participants experienced pregnancy adjusted prevalence ratio apr 24 95 ci 100594 p 049 sexual abuse apr 21 95 ci 119376 p 011 physical abuse apr 17 95 ci 101274 p 044 independently associated depression study found one every 6 adolescents living refugee settlements northern uganda suffer depression particularly among experienced adolescent pregnancy various forms abuses incorporating mental health care existing health social structures within refugee settlements exploring legal options perpetrators sexual abuse encouraging education recommended vulnerable population