Half of high school students in Iran have symptoms of depression and one in five students thinks about suicide.
Oku.Az reports that the Group of Human Rights Defenders in Iran – HRANA. It is reported that 18% of schoolchildren with symptoms of depression committed suicide. The rate of students thinking about suicide is 21%.
It was observed that depression among girls is twice that of boys and the prevalence of depression in Iran and among schoolchildren is increasing.
