Prevalence of Mental Illness among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Authors

  • Diba Saha MS Student, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, University of Rajshahi
  • Dr. Md. Nur-E-Alam Siddique Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology, University of Rajshahi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25215/1101.005

Keywords:

Prevalence, mental illness, university students

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the status of mental disorders. A total of 300 respondents were selected randomly from Rajshahi University as a sample for the study. Bangla version of (Alim et al., 2014) Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS- 21) was used to measure mental illness of the respondents. Obtained data were analyzed by employing descriptive statistics, through IBM SPSS Version-25.0. The survey found that 59.7% of respondents suffered from mild to extremely severe stress symptoms, 79.3% of students had mild to extremely severe anxiety symptoms and 70.3% experienced mild to extremely severe depressive symptoms, respectively.

Published

2023-03-31

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2023): Volume 11, Issue 1, January-March, 2023

Section

Articles

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