A Study on Mental Health Among Adolescent School Students

Abstract

Adolescence is an exceptional period of human development, not just physically but also emotionally and cognitively. Adolescents are endowed with special ways of thinking during this period. Adolescent development is affected by the historical era. Today, children living in isolated, culturally homogenous communities are exposed to broader worlds via television, newspapers and computers and can interact with this world through Internet. Mental well-being is important in the life of all people as man lives in a world of hot-line communication, scientific miracles and knowledge explosion, etc. Mental health relates to positive attitudes and experiences that bring enrichment and enjoyment of people. Various researchers and scholars have marked adolescence as a critical period, if not the most critical period in human development—the fork in the road, which forever shapes an individual and mankind's destiny. The Researcher is used descriptive research for the research. In this research study the researcher adapted the Convenient Sampling Method.