Introduction: Depression is a common mental disorder, characterized by persistent sadness and a loss of interest in activities that you normally enjoy, accompanied by an inability to carry out daily activities, for atleast 2 weeks.
Aims &Objectives:
• To study the prevalence of depression amongst first and final year medical students of Subharti Medical College, Meerut.
• To study the views and attitude of medical students on depression.
Material & Methods: A cross-sectional study which was done on 200 MBBS students of 2017 & 2013 batch. The type of Sampling Technique used was Simple Random Technique. The Research Tool used was Previously structured & used questionnaire (Public Health Questionnaire-9)
Result: The study aimed towards assessing overall attitude and prevalence held by medical students upon depression which was indeed positive. Study subjects were aware about depression and were willing to participate.