Science careers and mental health

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Science careers and mental health

https://www.nature.com/collections/gnlwffjgtr?utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=NNPnature?WT.mc_id=EMX_NJOBS_0628_NATUREJOBSNEWSLETTER_A&WT.ec_id=EXTERNAL&spMailingID=56898537&spUserID=Mjc3NTIwNzQ4NTI1S0&spJobID=1423901052&spReportId=MTQyMzkwMTA1MgS2

Science careers and mental health

Science’s hyper-competitive environment and its ‘publish or perish’ culture can breed anxiety and depression. Nature's latest global graduate survey, published in October 2017, showed 12% of all respondents had sought help for anxiety or depression caused by their PhD studies. And an international study published in Nature Biotechnology in March 2018 provided compelling evidence of a mental health crisis in graduate education with nearly 40% of respondents showing signs of moderate to severe depression. Our online resource aims to highlight this important issue and provides support and advice, not only to scientists struggling with poor mental health but also their colleagues, mentors, and supervisors.

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