Abstract

Investigate the frequency of psychosocial issues among teenage females residing in tribal welfare hostels. Analyse the person's sociodemographic characteristics. Research the psychiatric morbidity of this group. Look into the issues with adolescent adjusting. Methods: 150 adolescent girls who lived in the tribal area for a year had a descriptive study done to assess their psychological and social difficulties at Department of Psychiatry, Osmania Medical College/Institute of Mental Health, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, between December 2021 to November 2022. Results: Current marital status of the parent’s majority are married and living together (80%). Girls adjustment in with hostel, peers of the children majority 55.3% above averagely adjusted. Mother annual income majority (46.0%) being 50,000 mean was 52000.0 with a standard deviation of 42536.995. Relationship between type of family and adolescent adjustment showed chi-square value 2.03 and p value 0.843 statistically not significant. Conclusion: 16% of tribal welfare hostel teenage females had mental problems. Most of the girls were in eighth grade and 13-15 years old. Psychiatric disorder is more common among adolescents from broken houses, according to current marital data. Single-parent children have trouble adjusting. Psychiatric illness and adjustment concerns affected school performance. This research found a high frequency of psychiatric disease among tribal welfare hostel youth, requiring careful surveillance and sufficient mental health care for treatment and evaluation.

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