Student Mental Health - Kota, Coaching Hub India

A Psychiatrist's Open Letter to Every Student Who Just Checked Their RBSE Result | ~3000 Words | 12 Min Read By Dr. Akash Parihar | MD Psychiatry | Asha Wellness Sanctuary Hospital, Kota "The number on that result page is not a verdict on your worth as a human being. It never was. It never will be. But in the next few hours — and for some of you, the next few days — your brain is going to tell you otherwise. This article is for that moment." You just checked your result. Maybe on rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in. Maybe on rajresults.nic.in. Maybe on shala darpan, or rajshaladarpan.nic.in, or through indiaresults.com. Maybe your parent checked it first and called you in with an expression you couldn't read. And now you're here. With a number. With a percentage. With a rank or a grade or a pass or a fail — and with a feeling that is already filling the room faster than you can process it. If the result was good: relief, joy, maybe pride — and...

   The Substance Crisis Inside India's Most Pressurised Student City — And the Real Path Out  "I started with one cigarette after every mock test. Within four months, I was smoking a pack a day. I told myself it was stress relief. My psychiatrist told me it was the stress itself — just wearing a different coat." — 20-year-old JEE aspirant, Kota, now 14 months tobacco-free There is a conversation that happens in every Kota hostel corridor, every coaching institute stairwell, every chai shop within walking distance of Allen and Resonance and FIITJEE, and it goes something like this: "Ek aur lega? Exam ke baad chhod denge." One more. We'll quit after the exam. It is one of the most repeated sentences in Kota — and one of the most expensive promises young people make to themselves. Because the exam comes. And then the next exam. And the substance that started as a reward becomes a ritual, the ritual becomes a dependency, and the dependen...