Depression: The farm labour of a BPL village speak

Pages: 262-263
Sonu Bharti and Pallavi Bhatnagar (Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh )

Depression is the most common mental disorder in the world. It not only reduces the quality of life but also is potential cause for predisposing the person for various physical, as well as, mental health problems. Though depression has been empirically studied by mental health professionals, however these studies have an over representation of the urban and educated population. India’s 72.2 % population is residing in rural area, hence it is important to study them. People living below poverty line are under represented on empirical researches for their wellbeing and mental health issues. India’s 25.70% rural population is BPL, It is important to explore the mental health status of rural BPL groups who are by and large underprivileged and disadvantaged. The present study is an attempt to explore the depression of farm labour. The sample comprised of 200 farm labour of Lebrua village of Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Depression has been assessed by the depression sub scale of ADSS (Bhatnagar et al., 2011). The result clearly indicates gender differences, with females reporting higher depression as compared to their counterparts.