WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Dr. Rabab N. Ahmed* and Dr. Omaya F. AL- Harbawi

ABSTRACT

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is defined as having 5 of 9 DSMrelated symptoms, one being depressed mood/irritability or anhedonia, at the threshold level for at least 14 days. Dysthymia is defined as having 3 of 7 symptoms, one being depressed mood/irritability lasting at least one year. A diagnosis of depression is defined according to the DSM-IV criterion as having 2 - 4 out of 9 symptoms, including at least one of the main criteria, for 14 days or longer. Short Brief Recurrent Depression is defined as a recurrent episode of at least 5 of 9 symptoms lasting less than 2 weeks. Untreated depression it is the number one cause of suicide today, among young people. The Aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of depressive disorders among sixth grade students attending public primary schools. That two hundreds was randomly selected , Boys=100 (50%) ,Girls=100 (50%) were subjected to (M.I.N.I.-KID) For Children and Adolescents, English Version5.0 , it show that The prevalence of major depressive illness among primary school students was found to be (21%) , (Boys 24% , Girls18% ) Statistically significant difference was found between age groups age>12year & not living with both parents were significant risk factors.