#BangkokStudents

In quiet hospital rooms across Bangkok, teenage patients describe the same crushing symptoms: sleepless nights spent memorizing formulas, chest-tightening anxiety before exams, and an overwhelming sense that their worth depends entirely on grades and university admissions. What many Thai families dismiss as normal academic stress has become a mental health epidemic that threatens an entire generation’s wellbeing—and new international research reveals the devastating scope of student overwork that mirrors patterns emerging worldwide.