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PhD 016: Mental Health Awareness and Treatment as a Grad Student


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Questions asked:

What is a “lifeguard”?
How did you decide to seek help?
What does help look like?
How is mental illness perceived in graduate school?
Am I alone if I seek out help?

Mental Illness Awareness Week Oct. 5-11, 2014

Resources

  • Mental Health Issues Among Graduate Students” by Nash Turley
  • The Illustrated Guide to a PhD  (the image Halley described)
  • Your school’s health service office
  • (Example: Princeton University’s Counseling and Psychological Services)
  • “Normal is a distribution”
  • Paying Graduate School’s Mental Toll” by Carrie Arnold
  • Do you have any experiences to share? We’d love to talk about it further in the comments on our show notes at PhDinProgress.com/16 or /mentalhealth .

    You can also say hi on Twitter @PhDPodcast or e-mail us at [email protected]

    Finally, If you like the show so far, help us out by sharing with your colleagues and leaving an honest review in the iTunes store.

    Xue9983 left a great review saying how isolating grad school can be when you’re an international student trying to learn a whole new culture, presenting research in a different language, and dealing with the ignorance and arrogance of people: “So I am glad that I found this podcast when I was struggling through those things, questioning myself and why am I doing this PhD stuff. It is a friendly and helpful podcast. Keep up the good work!”

    Thanks Xue. That really means a lot to us and we hope to record an episode about international students soon.



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