Study of prevalence of depression in adolescent students of a public school

Study of prevalence of depression in adolescent students of a public school

Background: Three to nine per cent of teenagers meet the criteria for depression at any one time, and at the end of adolescence, as many as 20% of teenagers report a lifetime prevalence of depression. Usual care by primary care physicians fails to recognize 30-50% of depressed patients. Materials a...

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Main Authors: Vivek Bansal, Sunil Goyal, Kalpana Srivastava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Industrial Psychiatry Journal
Subjects:
Depression
Students
Public school
Online Access:http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2009;volume=18;issue=1;spage=43;epage=46;aulast=Bansal

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