Publications by authors named "Besi Paul"
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of depression among school going adolescents and to identify the predictors of adolescent depression.
Methods: A total of 1057 adolescents (619 males and 438 females) studying in six selected schools of Ernakulam District, Kerala participated in the study. All the students from 8th to 12th standards of the schools present during the time of data collection who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled into the study.