Prevalence of depression and anxiety in college students
Context: Depression and anxiety are the most common mental disorders existing today among the youngsters owing to academic excellence pressure and societal living expectations. They are overlooked most of the times and can have a grave impact on a student's personal, academic, and social life....
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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| description | Context: Depression and anxiety are the most common mental disorders existing today among the youngsters owing to academic excellence pressure and societal living expectations. They are overlooked most of the times and can have a grave impact on a student's personal, academic, and social life. Aim: The aim of the study was to find the prevalence of depression and anxiety in college students. Methods: A prospective study was done in 400 college students in the age group of 18–25 years. A self-made questionnaire, along with the Beck's Depression and Anxiety Inventory, was administered. Results: We found that depression was prevalent in about 48.30% of the students, whereas anxiety was prevalent in 50% of these students. Conclusion: Hence, moderate-to-severe levels of depression and anxiety exist in college students, which need to be confirmed and diagnosed clinically and treated at the earliest. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c6e18ca2686496ba9993a94d40aa2ea2022-12-22T03:01:28ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour0971-89902020-01-01251101310.4103/jmhhb.jmhhb_16_20Prevalence of depression and anxiety in college studentsTanvi Deepak ShahTitiksha PolContext: Depression and anxiety are the most common mental disorders existing today among the youngsters owing to academic excellence pressure and societal living expectations. They are overlooked most of the times and can have a grave impact on a student's personal, academic, and social life. Aim: The aim of the study was to find the prevalence of depression and anxiety in college students. Methods: A prospective study was done in 400 college students in the age group of 18–25 years. A self-made questionnaire, along with the Beck's Depression and Anxiety Inventory, was administered. Results: We found that depression was prevalent in about 48.30% of the students, whereas anxiety was prevalent in 50% of these students. Conclusion: Hence, moderate-to-severe levels of depression and anxiety exist in college students, which need to be confirmed and diagnosed clinically and treated at the earliest.http://www.jmhhb.org/article.asp?issn=0971-8990;year=2020;volume=25;issue=1;spage=10;epage=13;aulast=Shahanxietycollege studentsdepression |
| spellingShingle | Tanvi Deepak Shah Titiksha Pol Prevalence of depression and anxiety in college students Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour anxiety college students depression |
| title | Prevalence of depression and anxiety in college students |
| title_full | Prevalence of depression and anxiety in college students |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of depression and anxiety in college students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of depression and anxiety in college students |
| title_short | Prevalence of depression and anxiety in college students |
| title_sort | prevalence of depression and anxiety in college students |
| topic | anxiety college students depression |
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