title: Knowledge of depression among community members and health care providers in two selected areas of district Rawalpindi.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the level of knowledge about depression in two selected areas of district Rawalpindi.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional survey report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Union council Rehmatabad and mohalla Sultanpura, Rawalpindi, from June to December 2007.
  
  
  METHODS
  Strata of community were interviewed regarding the knowledge about depression using an indigenously developed questionnaire. To determine any association between difference of level of knowledge and different strata of community Chi-square (X)2 tests was applied at 5% level of significance and p-value less than 0.05 was considered significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most of the respondents (63%) thought that diabetes was the major health problem in our country. Most of participants thought that drug abuse and addiction (74.3%), adolescent emotional and behavioral problems (66.8%) followed by alcohol abuse (50.3%) and personality disorders (49.2%) were the common mental illnesses. Chi-square (X)2 statistics showed a highly significant association between difference of level of knowledge and the two strata of community i.e. health care providers and community members (p < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  People in the selected areas of district Rawalpindi had a poor knowledge about depression.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi. mahmoodalijafri@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mahmood Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jafri
authors.forename: Fareed A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Minhas
authors.forename: Asad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamiz-ud-Din
authors.forename: Munir A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Slatch
authors.forename: Faiza
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mujeeb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult