Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background: Depression is a disorder of low mood that comes under category of mental illness caused by sad feelings because of a particular reason. Depressive individuals mostly show a different attitude and they have a different mind-set like they mostly end up the situations or their decisions in pessimism, and suicidal. Aims: The main aim of the study is to observe the depression in among young generation especially students of our society, with respect current pandemic condition, that how this situation is especially effecting student mind-set along with that also how we can combat with it, through available non-pharmacological options to comprehend with such situation young generations Methodology: The study comprises two phases. Phase-I was mainly dependent on undertaking a cross-sectional survey study where we observed depression among the younger generation in our community using the HSLC-25 checklist to evaluate the stages of depression with respect to symptoms observed. Phase-II of the study mainly deals with non-pharmacological solution to combat depression. Result: The result shows that depression is mainly entrenched in our society, especially among the young generation but there are many non-pharmacological solutions which can combat depression and may heal a person of its depressed state. The assessed data depicts a very clear picture of the significant influence that non-pharmacological treatment has on the management of anxiety and depression. Conclusion: The study concludes that depression has risen in the study population in this particular span of the pandemic but it can be identified and easily be combatted with non-pharmacological treatments.
Authors: Javeria Sheikh, Prof. Dr. Amber Nawab, Sumaira Khadim, Sidra Sohail Asim, Asra Mansoor, Ayesha Akhtar, Ayesha Kiran, Shazma Kiran
Institutions: Jinnah University for Women, Iqra University
Language: English
Topic: COVID-19 and Mental Health
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4394578747