Abstract:
Mental disorder is the most frequent disorder in developing countries. Children and
adolescents constitute about 45% of the population of Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, the
number of mental disorder in children and teenagers has increased day by day. To
understand its symptoms, risk factors including family history like parent’s relationship
hold a great promise for the treatment, early detection and prevention of these
disorders. To study the Mental Behavior Analysis of Teenagers to conduct a targeted
enquiry into its quantitative magnitude This is a descriptive study were data was
collected through interview with a structured questionnaire from the participants (n=
335). The participants were within 13-19 years of age mostly was a school going
students. Mean age of the participant was found to be 15 years with standard deviation
SD ±1.65. The percentage of different mental disorder like personality disorder, social
anxiety disorder, depressive disorder and parental relationship was determined in this
study. The percentage was varying by different class. In higher class teenagers had no
social anxiety disorder but found a personality disorder & major depressive disorder. In
lower class, lower middle class had a high percentage personality disorder, social
anxiety disorder, depressive disorder and low affection to their parents. Also found a
personality disorder, social anxiety disorder, depressive disorder in tribal’s teenagers. So teenagers are at increased risk of having different types of disorder. They are
personality disorder, social anxiety disorder, mood disorders and behavioral disorders
etc. The percentage of mental disorder lower and tribal teenagers in Bangladesh is
pretty higher. Necessary steps should be taken with in coordination of parents, schools
authority, communities & government to stop the prevalence of teenager’s mental
disorders.
Description:
This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Pharmacy (M.Pharm) in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.