tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Symptoms of anxiety and depression in adolescent students; a perspective from Sri Lanka"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Symptoms of anxiety and depression in adolescent students; a perspective from Sri Lanka. | Rodrigo et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2010 4 10 http content 4 1 10 CHILD ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY MENTAL HEALTH LETTER TO THE EDITOR Open Access Symptoms of anxiety and depression in adolescent students a perspective from Sri Lanka Chaturaka Rodrigo1 Srina Welgama1 Jayantha Gurusinghe1 Thilina Wijeratne1 Gamini Jayananda1 Senaka Rajapakse2 Abstract Background Sri Lanka recorded an extraordinary high suicide rate for adolescents aged 15 - 19 in the early 1990s 100 000 . With this in perspective the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka recommends school programmes for adolescents by mental health units of local hospitals. Methods We conducted cross sectional surveys to screen for symptoms of anxiety and depression among students aged 14-18 during school mental health programmes. Two schools were randomly selected within the Ratnapura municipality urban population of approx. 50 000 Sri Lanka and all students aged 14-18 were assessed with self administered pre tested Sinhalese translations questionnaires Center for epidemiologic studies depression scale Anxiety screening test of suicide and mental health association international . Results A total of 445 students were assessed female . Thirty six percent screened positive for depression mild depression-17 severe depression-19 and 28 screened positive for severe anxiety. Females screened positive for depression and anxiety significantly more than the males p respectively . Students in classes facing barrier examinations at the end of the year had the highest positivity rates. Examination related issues 36 were the most commonly cited problem. Recommendations It is recommended that 1. School mental health development programmes in Sri Lanka concentrate more on reducing examination related stress and in particular focus on the female students 2. Policy decisions are made to reduce competition for higher education 3. A nationally coordinated survey on .