Citation

Hiranya S, Vishnu Priya V, Gayathri R. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2020; 14(4): 5020-5026.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12420

PMID

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Abstract

Depression is a mental disorder characterized by persistent depressed mood, loss of interest in activities, significant impairment in daily life.It is a mood disorder of feelings of sadness,loss of anger and interfere in people's life activitiesThis is a prospective observational study.A well structured questionnaire is administered through online google forms link.This study is approved by the scientific review board of Saveetha Dental College. From the data statistics using SPSS, 67% were aware of methods to overcome depression, 34% felt behavioural changes is a symptom of depression, 27% agreed eating disorder is a symptom for depression and 8% agree that insomnia was a symptom for depression. The association between groups was assessed by Chi Square test where p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. We have observed that association between gender and responses to awareness on methods to overcome depression was statistically significant (p = 0.043 ). From this study we may conclude that many students are aware about depression and the methods to overcome depression. © 2020, Institute of Medico-Legal Publications. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; gender; Stress; Depression; homicide; suicide; female; male; insomnia; sleep; depression; behavior change; suicidal behavior; mood disorder; awareness; eating disorder; mental disease; antidepressant agent; attitude to health; prospective study; Article; observational study; structured questionnaire; young adult; yoga; childhood obesity; social media; sadness; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; undergraduate student; Online survey; Stress management techniques