Journal of Depression and Anxiety
Open Access

Abstract

The Prevalence of Clinical Depression among Libyan Females of Ages 14 to 18 Years

Mohamed Abdullah-Jummah Hnish

This study was carried out to determine the rates of clinical depression among Libyan females ages 14 to 18 years, the purpose of the study was to create as easy method to detect cases of clinical depression as early as possible to seek the appropriate counselling, the study sample consisted of 262 Libyan females, the PHQ-9 questionnaire was used and data analyzed by the SPSS programme version 16, Overall, 7.6% of respondents diagnosed with moderately severe depression and 1.5% diagnosed with severe depression.