Citation

Rahe R, Sarath K, Sreelekha D, Kumarasami S. Indian J. Public Health Dev. 2019; 10(11): 1494-1498.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, R. K. Sharma)

DOI

10.5958/0976-5506.2019.03746.X

PMID

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Abstract

A Community based cross sectional descriptive study done in Anakaputhur, an Urban area of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu. Depression among adolescent age groups has an effect on teen socialization, academic achievement, family relationships. They are at danger of gambling addiction, social media, electronic gadgets, smoking, alcohol, antisocial behaviour, and also psychosocial impairment. Suicide, the third major cause of death among elderly adolescents (Centre for Diseases Control, Atlanta), is the most disastrous result of adolescent depression. In India, more than six kids commit suicide every day due to failure of examinations in 2011.10 Thus, it can be seen that today's adolescents are confronted with multiple types of physical, psychological and social issues. © 2019, Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; human; Depression; suicide; female; male; Adolescents; adolescence; depression; cause of death; education; interview; addiction; risk factor; major clinical study; urban area; mental disease; antisocial behavior; pathological gambling; smoking; psychologic assessment; cross-sectional study; body weight; Article; body height; structured questionnaire; academic failure; Tamil Nadu; Patient Health Questionnaire 9; Electronic gadgets