# Family Conflict Outranks Academic Stress in Student Counselling Study 2026-08-07T00:46:50+00:00 | Health & Science | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Family conflict was a more common counselling concern than academic stress among students in a clinical study by Cadabams Hospitals, The Hindu reports. Anxiety accounted for 29% of concerns across 3,569 counselling sessions, followed by family conflict at 14% and academic stress at 10%. Relationship distress made up 8% and loneliness 7%. Students aged 16 to 18 in pre-university colleges recorded the highest share of self-harm concerns among the educational groups assessed. The study drew on more than 58,000 student touchpoints across over 20 institutions, with nearly 92% from Bengaluru. Engineering students most often sought help for relationship distress and ADHD-related concerns, while law students had the highest density of high-risk cases. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Tags: academic stress, Bengaluru, family conflict, self-harm, student mental health Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/family-conflict-outranks-academic-stress-in-student-counselling-study/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/family-conflict-outranks-academic-stress-in-student-counselling-study/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.