Priyanka Choudhary
Depression among Adolescent Students in a Rural Block of Haryana: A Cross Sectional Study
background depression among adolescent area increasing concern worldwidethis study aimed assess prevalence depression among school going adolescents government private schools rural area block beri haryanamethods cross sectional study conducted sample size 600 students 300 males 300 females studying class 8 th 12 th pre designed pre tested tool scl 90 r containing 90 items used screen depression studentsdepression one psychiatric morbidity screened toolcut point estimated raw score 1 used label depressionall statistical analysis carried using spss 20 resultsthe overall prevalence depression found 391 mild depression 331 moderate severe depression 6depression significantly among female students 45 male students 333overall prevalence depression significantly increased ageit found 343among 1314 years agegroup 41 among 1516 years agegroup 571 among 1719 years agegroupthe association depression socio demographic profile like socio economic status literacy level mother father employment status mother found nonsignificant conclusionit concluded present study one third 39 school adolescents suffered depressionreasons high prevalence depression need determinedat time teachers parents made aware problem appropriate counselling students done regular schoolbased screening programme