Chula Researchers Find “Extreme Stress and Depression” Chemicals in Sweat and Successfully Test Firefighters’ Mental Health for the First Time!

Further to the success of the COVID-19 sweat test, Assistant Professor Dr. Chadin Kulsing, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, in collaboration with Dr. Patthrarawalai Sirinara, MD, MPH Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University have found the chemicals in sweat that can indicate stress and conducted a pilot study with over 1,000 firefighters from 47 fire stations around Bangkok yielding 90% accuracy.