Adolescent Depression Prevalence and Factors: A Jordanian Cross-Sectional Study.

Objective There is a great deal of variation in the prevalence of adolescent depression among nations, but overall, it is a severe and common mental illness that is a major contributor to disability on a global scale. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of depression, the severity of its symptoms, and its characteristics among adolescents residing in Amman, Jordan, in 2023. Method A cross-sectional design was used to collect descriptive data from 784 adolescents from Jordan, aged between 14 and 17 years. Participants were administered the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 to assess the prevalence and severity of depression as well as measures of socio-demographics and health history. Significance was set at p ≤.05. Results The mean age was 15.56 +/- 1.077 with 55% female and 45% male participants, with a prevalence of moderate to severe depression of 32.4%. This study identified four significant predictors of depression: female sex, cigarette smoking, history of mental health problems, and family history of psychiatric disorders. Conclusion Our findings highlight the importance of directing prevention and intervention efforts toward adolescents, considering the projected increase in depression rates across the Arab region. This serves as a warning for policymakers and healthcare professionals to prioritize this demographic in their strategies.

A Report of Two Simultaneous Different Skull Vault Boney Pathologies: An Extremely Rare Clinical Scenario.

Primary calvarial boney tumors are generally rare in clinical practice. Multiple primary skull neoplasms are less frequent, typically associated with genetic disorders or familial syndromes. Sporadic cases of multiple skull tumors are exceptionally rare. We present a unique scenario of a 32-year-old female patient who had two right-sided skull vault lesions, one located over the right parietal area and the other in the right retro-auricular region. The lesions exhibited different behaviors over several years. The workup revealed that the two skull lesions were of two pathologies. The standard academic approach for clinical analysis attributes the symptoms often to one pathological process until proven otherwise. This case highlights the significance of expanding the differential diagnoses and incites clinicians to consider multiple pathologies in specific clinical settings.