title: Academic stress and depression among adolescents: a cross-sectional study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship between academic stress and depression among adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted at higher secondary schools in Tamil Nadu. 1120 adolescents were included in the study after screening by MINI-kid tool. Modified Educatonal Stress Scale for Adolescents was administered to all children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adolescents who had academic stress were at 2.4 times (95% CI=0.9-2.4) (P<0.001) higher risk of depression than adolescents without academic stress.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adolescents with severe academic stress need to be identified early as interventions to reduce academic stress is likely to affect the occurrence and severity of depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of *Psychiatry, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRM University, Chennai; and Department of #Community Medicine, Meenakshi Medical College Hospital AND Research Institute, Enathur, Kanchipuram; Tamil Nadu, India. Correspondence to: P Jayanthi, Research Scholar, SRM University, Chennai, India. jayanthiarul2011@gmail.com.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jayanthi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thirunavukarasu
authors.forename: Rajamanickam
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajkumar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008603:Mental Health; D012574:Schools; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*