Pamela Brown recommends an American Psychologist article

High-achieving schools connote risks for adolescents: Problems documented, processes implicated, and directions for interventions

By Suniya S. Luthar, Nina L. Kumar, & Nicole Zillmer (American Psychologist, 75 [October 2020], 983-995).

Over the past decade, educators and researchers have observed an increased rate of psychological distress among children and adolescents. A 2020 article by Suniya Luthar and colleagues noted that, contrary to what many would expect, a group at particularly high risk for anxiety and depression are teens attending what are known as high-achieving schools (HAS). These schools are highly resourced, coveted places that promise to deliver their graduates to the most competitive colleges and universities. The extreme pressure to excel at HASs seems to be driving these disorders in a population whose privilege many might imagine would make them immune to such distress.