A study to assess the effect of intervention on childhood depression was carried out in Allahabad city with the following objectives 1) to ascertain the socio economic status of the sample, and 2) to assess the prevalence of depression among children. 3) To plan and implement the intervention for depressed sample 4) to assess the effect of the intervention. For the present study a total sample of 180 (90 Boys + 90 Girls) children aged 6 to 12 years were selected through stratified random sampling from the four schools of the Allahabad city. Kuppuswami socioeconomic status scale (1962) revised in (2014) was used to assess the socio economic background of the respondents, to assess the depression level in children Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) had been used. The results of the study revealed that children belonging to the lower socio economic groups are significantly more depressed (P>.05) than their counterparts from the middle and high socio economic groups. Gender disparity was also observed in depression as girls were found significantly suffering from more depression than their boys counterparts. Hence it is concluded that to reduce the menace of depression effective parent-child communication and healthy relationships with in the family are necessary.
