Tag: mental health
5 tips to take care of yourself during your PhD
We all experience stressful times during our PhD which can be fuelled by failing experiments, guilt for taking time off, jealousy of successful colleagues...
Let’s talk about mental health
Our mental health fluctuates as our life changes. We all have times when we feel down, stressed, or angry, and most times these feelings...
7 reasons why we get stressed during our PhD
PhD students have a 2.43 times higher risk of developing a psychiatric disorder than the rest of the highly educated population. Females and gender-nonconforming...
Mental health in the lab: “The person next to you might...
by Caitriona Tyndall
According to the NHS 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience mental health problems each year. Mental health is stigmatised...
Downloadable poster guide: Mental Health During Your PhD
A few months ago a tweet by Dr Zoë Ayres (@ZJAyres) went viral, with thousands of retweets and comments. It was an image of...
Feeling overwhelmed by academia? You are not alone
A study recently published in Nature Biotech reported that PhD and master’s students worldwide have rates of depression and anxiety that are six times...
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Where did ten years take these researchers in their careers?
The summer of 2008 was exciting for many reasons – Usain Bolt smashed world records at the Beijing Olympics; the Spanish football team were...
