期刊名称:Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
电子版ISSN:0973-1342
出版年度:2013
卷号:9
期号:4
页码:102-135
出版社:Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
摘要:Aims: To measure the feeling of loneliness, loss of sleep due to worry and hopelessness and substance use among adolescent school children. Methods: This study was a cross sectional study done using WHO designed GSHS questionnaire (modified for India) among adolescent school children studying in 30 randomly selected schools in Chennai city. 1842 students studying in VIII to XII standards were randomly selected for the study. Results: In the present study, 15.7% of students most of the time or always felt lonely. It was found 17% students could not sleep at night most of the days during last 30 days because of worries. Nearly 32% of students reported sadness almost every day for two weeks or more in a row. The study findings show that symptoms of mental health problems were associated with lack of parental and friends support. Ever tobacco use was reported by 9.3% and ever alcohol use by 3.9% of students. Substance use amongadolescents was strongly associated with parental substance use. Ever alcohol use among adolescents was significantly associated with lack of parental supervision. Conclusion: Greater proportion of students suffers from mental health symptoms. Adolescents receive lack of support from their parents and friends. This study proves the need for the parents to closely supervise their adolescents and strengthening the school mental health services. Creating awareness among adolescents about the hazards of alcohol and tobacco use and implementation of preventive programmes against substance use is needed to protect health of school going adolescents.
关键词:Mental health; adolescents; parents and friends support