Screening For Symptoms And Contributing Factors For Depression Among Adolescent Age Group

Objective: To study the depression among adolescent by using Beck Depression Scale. Materials and methods: Study design: Cross sectional study Setting: Residential schools in Bangalore in field practice area of Rajarajeswari medical hospital. Sample size: 500 adolescents. Results: using Revised BECK’s scale of depression, number of adolescents with mild depression was found to be 141, moderate depression were found to be 102, and severe depression were found to be 21. Conclusion: Though the Indian studies shows the rates of depression as 8% - 20%, Depression among residential school students have higher incidence hence anticipatory guidance for positive mental health among residential school is recommended and screening may be mandatory.