Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms among Urban Adolescents of South India

Autor/inn/en	Mohanraj, Rani; Subbaiah, Karunanidhi
Titel	Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms among Urban Adolescents of South India
Quelle	In: Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 6 (2010) 2, S.33-43 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-1342
Schlagwörter	Incidence; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Urban Areas; Questionnaires; Measures (Individuals); Psychological Patterns; Correlation; Age Differences; Screening Tests; Identification; Therapy; Surveys; Case Studies; India; Beck Depression Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Urban area; Stadtregion; Fragebogen; Messdaten; Korrelation; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Screening-Verfahren; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Therapie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Indien
Abstract	Aim: This study aimed to find the prevalence of depressive symptoms among adolescents studying in schools in Chennai. Settings and Design: The study was a school based cross-sectional survey in which data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire from adolescents studying in classes X, XI and XII. Material: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was administered to nine hundred and sixty four adolescents--boys (n=509) girls (n=455)--studying in twenty one schools spread across the city. Results: Based on the cut-off scores, 378 adolescents (39.2%) were found to be non-depressed, 358 (37.1%) were mildly depressed, 187 (19.4%) were moderately depressed and 41 (4.3%) severely depressed. In the present sample of adolescents, among the 21 depressive symptoms in the BDI, experience of emotional manifestations of depression like sadness, irritability, self-accusations and crying spells dominated over cognitive, behavioral and physical manifestations of depression. There were no significant gender differences but a higher proportion of girls (27%) reported moderate to severe depression than boys (21%). There was an association between age and depression with increasing depression in older adolescents. Conclusion: Individual symptoms of depression and depressed mood are common in adolescents. Depressive symptoms are an unrecognized problem among adolescents that necessitates the need for recognition. Thus, understanding the prevalence of adolescent depressive symptoms is important for developing appropriate screening strategies, treatment planning, follow-up for those small proportion of adolescents who could become clinically depressed. Current poor understanding of the factors that influence depressive symptoms makes these efforts challenging. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. e-mail: jiacam@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jiacam.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10