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To find out the prevalence of psychosocial problems among adolescents. A cross sectional study was conducted at Doiwala block, Dehradun during 2006 2007 among 840 adolescents, selected by multistage random sampling. Data was collected on a structured and pretested questionnaire by interviewing the adolescents and conducting their thorough clinical examination. Epi Info statistical software package version 3.4. 3 was used for analysis. The overall prevalence of psychosocial problems among the adolescents was found to be 31.2%. The psychosocial problems were more in males (34.77%) as compared to females (27.6%). There is need of strengthening the existing" package" of services for adolescents in various initiatives and programmes.