Family must help students keep cool

NEW DELHI: The exam season is here and it''s the parents who are losing their cool. "Disrupting normalcy at home and creating unnecessary hype can be quite damaging for the student''s mental balance.
Unfortunately, many families end up doing just that," says consulting psychiatrist Samir Parikh.
As far as anxiety levels among students is concerned, the individual''s mental approach is crucial.Psychiatrists say that most distress cases are related to general exam stress. However, some cases of extreme anxiety have also been reported.
In most such cases, last-minute panic attacks lead to loss of confidence, following which the student simply refuses to take the examination.