Impact on Psychosocial Functioning of Youth in Relation to Depression

Page: 231-237
Sunil Gupta (Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi)

All human being feels all situation like sad, happy but we are feeling sad, or discouraged. These are human emotions generally people have above emotion in daily life or day to day activity. At that time our reactions to stressor like the hassles and hurdles of life. We can feel this way at the times when we are in a relation like love or any kind of relationship. As per symptoms of depression it is easily diagnose because the symptoms may be familiar. Most of the times it is difficult to identify the signs and symptoms of depression from other emotion like the bad mood, and the person have negative attitude that most people or youth experience at some point. National Crime Records Bureau published in 2009 reports there are 15 people committed suicide in the country every hour. As per the study of World Health Organization due to the depression, people commit suicide, depression will be second-most prevalent medical condition in the world for suicide. Usage of Beck Depression Inventory suggests that Group A subjects are suffering from depression and their current severity level falls among mild to severe depression. The Youth Self Report scores them social, occupational, academics along with presence of any psychological problem. It consists of 112 questions based of daily life interaction with the environment. It assesses one’s active response to all domains of living and the use is to find out if there are any impairments.