Depression Screening Test By Ivan Goldberg: Overuring The Level Of Depression

According to Khurshid, Parvenn, Yousuf and Chaudhry (2015) Depression Screening Test by Ivan Goldberg was used for measuring the level of depression and to find out the effects of depression on student's academic performance " Academic Performance Rating Scale " (APRS) for teachers was administered to take teachers' responses about students and students’ academic record was taken out from respective institutions. Data was analyzed by using Chi-Square and paired sample t test. The result showed that there is negative effect of depression on student's academic performance whereas there is a significance difference between the academic performance of the students having low, medium and high-level depression. Depressed Students often feel sad and
Depression has negative effects on our behaviors such as loss of interest, productivity, and social contact. the 11 th leading cause of death is suicide in United States Suicide, which occurs approximately every 16 minutes and Psychiatric disorder have diagnosed at the time of their death in almost all the people who commit suicide [3-5]. Through positive mood we feel good, which this has positive consequences and motivate us to do what we need [6]. When an infant is separated from a primary attachment figure, as in the Harlow studies of rhesus monkeys, the result is not commonly despair and passivity, immune system is also get harm, which lead toward depressive illness [7]. History of separations, rejections, and insecure attachments can be associated with depressed people [8-10]. As we noted earlier, however, people with a history of happy and secure attachments may also fall into prolonged depression because of the loss of a beloved lifelong partner [11]. When depressed and non-depressed people asked to recall happier times, non-depressed people cheer
According to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2012), clinical depression is defined as a mood disorder caused by many factors, including genetic predisposition, personality, stress, and brain chemistry. A few common symptoms of depression are changes in appetite and weight, sleep problems, loss of interest, withdrawal from family and friends, irritability, fatigue, trouble concentrating, and suicidal thoughts. As mental health issues among university students increase, more research is being conducted to determine how dealing with poor mental health impacts academic performance. Hysenbegasi, Hass, and Rowland (2005) conducted a study to determine the relationship between depression and academic performance. In this study, there were two groups: the control group, and students with depression. The control group had no diagnosis of depression, and no self-report of at least three symptoms of depression while the students with depression were diagnosed at the on-campus Health Centre. For the purpose of this study, academic performance was measured by a student’s GPA. Students completed a survey that asked them about their employment status, and whether their mental health impacted their ability to attend class, study, and complete assignments. The results of this study indicated that a diagnosis of depression was associated with a lower GPA