Singapore: "Spike in ...children seeking professional help"

Aug 26, 2017, Singapore Straits Times: Study-linked stress a growing concern http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/study-linked-stress-a-growing-concern An increasing number seeking professional help to cope, say psychologists and doctors … A recent study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) confirms their concerns. Singapore students were found to have higher levels of anxiety about their tests and grades than their international peers. This leads to the next issue - a spike in the number of children seeking professional help to cope with stress. ... Mr Koh said: "Those affected are getting younger - we even have lower-primary students. They are there because they have verbalised their own study-related stress or their family members pick it up."...