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Family Conflict Outranks Academic Stress in Student Counselling Study
Family Conflict Outranks Academic Stress in Student Counselling Study
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…
The Story in Brief
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.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy story that exams alone are driving student distress does not fit these findings. But neither should one hospital’s counselling data be treated as a national measure of student mental health. The sample is heavily concentrated in Bengaluru and reflects people who reached support services, not every student. Schools should improve confidential support and record outcomes openly. Future studies across states, with comparable samples, must show whether the same pattern holds.
Source: thehindu.com
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