@article{ref1,
title="Awareness on the methods to overcome depression among undergraduate students in an university hospital setting",
journal="Indian journal of forensic medicine and toxicology",
year="2020",
author="Hiranya, S. and Vishnu Priya, V. and Gayathri, R.",
volume="14",
number="4",
pages="5020-5026",
abstract="Depression is a mental disorder characterized by persistent depressed mood, loss of interest in activities, significant impairment in daily life.It is a mood disorder of feelings of sadness,loss of anger and interfere in people's life activitiesThis is a prospective observational study.A well structured questionnaire is administered through online google forms link.This study is approved by the scientific review board of Saveetha Dental College. From the data statistics using SPSS, 67% were aware of methods to overcome depression, 34% felt behavioural changes is a symptom of depression, 27% agreed eating disorder is a symptom for depression and 8% agree that insomnia was a symptom for depression. The association between groups was assessed by Chi Square test where p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. We have observed that association between gender and responses to awareness on methods to overcome depression was statistically significant (p = 0.043 ). From this study we may conclude that many students are aware about depression and the methods to overcome depression. © 2020, Institute of Medico-Legal Publications. All rights reserved.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0973-9122",
doi="10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12420",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12420"
}