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Assessment of mental health among adolescents studying in Government Schools of Patna District

Background: Adolescence is a period of physical, psychological, emotional and personality change, which can be affected by stress, and emotional and behavioral problems. Hence this study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of mental health problem among adolescent studying in secondary school of district Patna by using of SDQ Questionnaire. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on the assessment of mental health status of children of 12-16 years. This study was conducted at 15 schools in the rural area and 20 schools in urban area of Patna district from August 2013 to January 2015 using of SDQ Questionnaire. Result: Conduct problems as well as peer problem were the highest (10.3%) with mean score of 5.59±0.84 and 6.40±0.67 respectively, followed by emotional problem (7.6%) with mean score7.88±1.00. The Conduct problems were significantly higher in males than females (p=0.025). The abnormal score of all domain of the mental problem were more common in the children of urban area except prosocial problem. 20.4% children had definite difficulties in daily life and 11.4% had severe difficulties in daily life. The difficulties had interfered in 64.6% of children by different impact factor. Conclusion: Mental health problems are common among the general adolescent population in India. Early detection and effective intervention will result in better development of the futures citizens of our country