title: Prevalence of depression among adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find out the prevalence and pattern of depression among adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adolescents of age group from 13 to 19 belonging to school/college students and school dropouts were assessed using Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) by a team consisting of a pediatrician, psychologist and PGDCCD (Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Child Development) students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  11.2% of school dropouts had severe and extreme grades of depression as against 3% among school going and nil among college going adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Child Development Centre, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. dectypm@sancharnet.in
authors.forename: M K C
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Mini K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Ramany
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: John
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data