322 Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College (JRMC); 2020; 24(4): 322-327 Original Article Prevalence and severity of Depressive illness among youth coming to Psychiatry Out-patient department of District Headquarter Hospital (DHQ), Sargodha Rida Dawood1, Aftab Nazir2, Muhammad Shahid Javed3, Kashif Rauf4, Zunera Tanveer5, Shoaib Ahmad Malik6 1 Women Medical Officer, Children Hospital & 4 Demonstrator, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Child Health, Faisalabad. Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi. 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Community 5 Lecturer, Department of Physiology, Medicine, Independent Medical College, Faisalabad. Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences, Quetta. 3 Professor, Department of Physiology, 6 Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Sargodha Medical College, Sargodha. Sargodha Medical College, Sargodha. Author’s Contribution Corresponding Author Article Processing 6 Conception of study Dr. Shoaib Ahmad Malik, Received: 20/03/2020 1,3,6 Experimentation/Study conduction Assistant Professor, Accepted: 20/10/2020 1,2,4,5 Analysis/Interpretation/Discussion Department of Biochemistry, 1,2,6 Manuscript Writing Sargodha Medical College, 3 Facilitation and Material analysis Sargodha Email:
[email protected] Cite this Article: Dawood, R., Nazir, A., Javed, M.S., Conflict of Interest: Nil Access Online: Rauf, K., Tanveer, Z., Malik, S.A. Prevalence and Funding Source: Nil severity of Depressive illness among youth coming to Psychiatry Out-patient department of District Headquarter Hospital (DHQ), Sargodha. Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College. 30 Dec. 2020; 24(4): 322- 327. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37939/jrmc.v24i4.1353 Abstract Introduction: Prevalence and severity of depressive illness among the youth are on the rise. Objective: To examine the prevalence and severity of depressive illness among youth coming to the psychiatry outpatient department of District Headquarters Hospital, Sargodha.