ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020
Screening for common mental health problems and their determinants among school-going adolescent girls in Gujarat, India.
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- Prevalence and correlates of internalizing and externalizing mental health problems among in-school adolescents in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- School Mental Health Program in India-Issues and Possible Practical Solutions.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2023Article
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- The ethical, social, and cultural dimensions of screening for mental health in children and adolescents of the developing world.PloS one · 2020Article
- Mental Health Morbidities and their Correlates among the Adolescents in Kamrup (Metro), Assam: A School-Based Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
- The mental health of adolescent girls from a tribal region of Central Rural India during the COVID-19 pandemic - A cross-sectional study to determine the role of gender disadvantage.Journal of neurosciences in rural practiceArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe school health program is a flagship program of Government of India with a focus on improving the physical and mental health of school children, but there is no specific strategy to screen for mental health disorders under the school health program. Also, the estimation of the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMDs) such as anxiety, depression, and psychosocial distress among school children is lacking.
methodsThe author conducted a cross-sectional study among 742 adolescent schoolgirls from one government, one government-aided, and one private school in an urban area in Gujarat. We used the pre-validated instrument, general health questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) to screen for CMDs. We estimated adjusted odds of association between screening positive for CMDs and various determinants.
results48.78% adolescent girls screened positive for CMDs which is alarming. Among sociodemographic characteristics, the type of school (adjusted odds of private is 1.8 and government 1.6), mother's higher education (3.0), father's less education (3.1), and working mother (1.5) had shown significant association with positive cases of the girls. Among psychosocial factors, abnormal sleep patterns (1.9) and disturbance in studies (2.3) have been found statistically significant for the presence of mental health problems among adolescent girls as per the GHQ score.
conclusionCMDs such as anxiety, depression, and psychosocial distress were indeed very common among adolescent school-going girls in an urban area of Gujarat, India. There is an urgent need to focus attention on the mental health of adolescent girls.
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