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Anxiety, stress, depression, and psychosocial functioning of Indian adolescents

Author(s) -

Kamlesh Singh,

Mohita Junnarkar,

Soumya Sharma

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

indian journal of psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 1998-3794

pISSN - 0019-5545

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.171841

Subject(s) - prosocial behavior , dass , psychosocial , anxiety , psychology , clinical psychology , strengths and difficulties questionnaire , depression (economics) , population , psychiatry , mental health , demography , sociology , economics , macroeconomics

Lifetime prevalence of depression and anxiety increases from 1% of the population under age 12 years to ~17%-25% of the population by the end of adolescence. The greatest increase in new cases occurs between 15-18 years. Indian empirical studies have reported a prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in the range between 14.4% and 31.7%; thus, affecting psychosocial functioning.

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