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Daily News & Analysis
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Exam stress drives SSC, HSC students to pills & shrinks
A number of anxiety-ridden examinees in the state are visiting psychiatrists for help in tackling the mounting exams pressure
Forum Chhaya, Maulik Buch & Gopika Jadeja.Ahmedabad/Vadodara/Rajkot
Jay (name changed), a Class 12 (science) student, tried to commit suicide in his bedroom four days back. Fortunately, his mother entered his room just as he was about to tie a 'dupatta' to the ceiling fan. His terrified parents took him to Dr Hansal Bachech, a leading psychiatrist of Ahmedabad. Jay told the doctor that he had not slept for the last several days and, due to lack of sleep, he was unable to concentrate or recall what he had studied. Dr Bachech prescribed him anti-depressants and sleeping pills. With board examinations in the state scheduled to start in March, the countdown to the exams has finally begun. The month of February every year is an anxiety-ridden time for board examinees, many of whom are swept into the vicious, and potentially dangerous, cycle of no sleep-no concentration-no memory. Students in large numbers have been increasingly turning to heavy tranquilisers and anxiety-relieving medication simply to escape the vicious cycle and to be able to study again. "By the time they come to us, the children are suffering from severe insomnia and relaxation exercises alone do not work. We have no option but to prescribe tranquilisers and anxiolytics," said Dr Hansal Bhachech. Turn to p16 ; detailed coverage on p2
Daily News & Analysis
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Exam stress drives SSC, HSC students to pills & shrinks
A number of anxiety-ridden examinees in the state are visiting psychiatrists for help in tackling the mounting exams pressure
Forum Chhaya, Maulik Buch & Gopika Jadeja.Ahmedabad/Vadodara/Rajkot
Jay (name changed), a Class 12 (science) student, tried to commit suicide in his bedroom four days back. Fortunately, his mother entered his room just as he was about to tie a 'dupatta' to the ceiling fan. His terrified parents took him to Dr Hansal Bachech, a leading psychiatrist of Ahmedabad. Jay told the doctor that he had not slept for the last several days and, due to lack of sleep, he was unable to concentrate or recall what he had studied. Dr Bachech prescribed him anti-depressants and sleeping pills. With board examinations in the state scheduled to start in March, the countdown to the exams has finally begun. The month of February every year is an anxiety-ridden time for board examinees, many of whom are swept into the vicious, and potentially dangerous, cycle of no sleep-no concentration-no memory. Students in large numbers have been increasingly turning to heavy tranquilisers and anxiety-relieving medication simply to escape the vicious cycle and to be able to study again. "By the time they come to us, the children are suffering from severe insomnia and relaxation exercises alone do not work. We have no option but to prescribe tranquilisers and anxiolytics," said Dr Hansal Bhachech. Turn to p16 ; detailed coverage on p2
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