Adolescence is transformation of a child to a fully-fledged individual. It is a period in which individual develops physically, socially and psychologically. It is in this period in which, due to lack of mental strength and stability, a person develops a serious mental health disorder called depression. A sample of 500 students was assessed using Beck Depression Inventory by investigators. This...

Acoustical properties of speech have been shown to be related to mental states such as depression and remission. In particular, energy in frequency bands has been used as features for group classification among the groups with mental states of remission, depression, and suicidal risk. The prediction algorithms presented develop an additional level of assessment and are designed to predict a sco...

BACKGROUND Mobile mental-health trackers are mobile phone apps that gather self-reported mental-health ratings from users. They have received great attention from clinicians as tools to screen for depression in individual patients. While several apps that ask simple questions using face emoticons have been developed, there has been no study examining the validity of their screening performance....

Late-life depression is a public health problem in the United States. Untreated, depression contributes to poorer health outcomes and increased mortality among older adults. Specifically, Black older adults are at higher risk for misdiagnosis, undertreatment, and more severe depressive symptomatology than other groups. Barriers to identification and treatment of depression in Black older adults...

Pediatric mental health concerns, particularly depression, continue to be the emerging ‘‘new morbidity’’ for primary care since first reported in 1975. The Surgeon General’s Report indicates that 1 in 5 of U.S. children suffer a mental illness at any given time, yet 80% of affected children never receive appropriate treatment. Worse, more than 70% of juveniles with significant mood disorders re...

BACKGROUND Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness are increasingly important considerations in determining which mental health services are funded. Questions have been raised concerning the validity of generic health status instruments used in economic evaluation for assessing mental health problems such as depression; measuring capability wellbeing offers a possible alternative. The aim of this ...

BACKGROUND There is a rapidly growing public awareness of mental health problems among Vietnamese secondary school students. This study aims to determine the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation, to identify related risk factors, and to explore students' own proposals for improving their mental health. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1161 secondary stud...

Mental and physical health and functioning are intrinsically linked, and this relationship has distinct implications for the delivery of health care to elderly Medicare beneficiaries. Depressive symptoms are associated with an increased risk of physical decline, disability, and mortality (Covinsky et al., 1999; Oslin et al., 2000; and Penninx et al., 1998). The association between chronic illne...

BACKGROUND Low-income urban working mothers face many challenges in their domestic, environmental, and working conditions that may affect their mental health. In India, a high prevalence of mental health disorders has been recorded in young women, but there has been little research to examine the factors that affect their mental health at home and work. METHODS Through a primarily qualitative...

BACKGROUND Mental ill health, especially depression, is recognised as an important health concern, potentially with greater impact in rural communities. This paper reports on a project, Coach the Coach, in which Australian rural football clubs were the setting and football coaches the leaders in providing greater mental health awareness and capacity to support early help seeking behaviour among...