بررسي ميزان شيوع افسردگي دانش آموزان دوره هاي راهنمايي و متوسطه در شهرستان شهرضا

Study of depression prevalence rate among the guidance and secondary school students in shahreza city

نوجواني دوره شاخص زندگي و دوره اي پويا و چالش برانگيز است كه در آن تغييرات بارز فيزيولوژيكي و روانشناختي رخ مي دهد. اختلالات روانپزشكي در اين دوره يكي از نگراني هاي رايج سلامت عمومي است و ممكن است منجر به پيامدهاي جدي از جمله عملكرد ضعيف تحصيلي، سوء مصرف مواد و اقدام به خودكشي گردد (آل- گلبان، 2007). شواهد علمي نشان مي دهد كه شناسايي و درمان مناسب اختلالات رواني در نوجواني مي تواند عملكرد سازگارانه را بهبود بخشيده و در اغلب اوقات به عنوان يك سپر در برابر آسيب هاي طولاني مدت بعدي عمل كند (آل- گلبان، 2007). به علاوه، مدرسه به عنوان يك موقعيت مهم براي ارتقاء سلامت و بهزيستي دانش آموزان عمل مي كند (هاوت و همكاران، 2005)

The study was designed to determine the rate of depression prevalence among the guidance and secondary school students in shahreza town on 1384-85. 960 boy and girl students were selected through stratified random sampling method that was assessed through Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The data were analyzed through frequency and chi square test.This analysis indicated that %12/9 of students in guidance school and secondary schools in shahreza town have moderate and severe depression. also, %10 boy students in urban guidance school, %7/5 boy students in rural guidance school, %15/9 girl students in urban guidance school, %15 girl students in rural guidance school, %5/8 boy students in urban secondary school, %8/3 boy students in rural secondary school, %13/3 girl students in urban secondary school, and %26/7 girl students in rural secondary school were depressed. Moreover, the difference between prevalence of depression in boy and girl students was statistically significant and depression in girls was more