TW: Suicidal ideation

Academics Dr. Marissa Kate, Dr. Zoe Ayres, and Emily King (PhD loading) open up about why academic mental health advocacy is important to them and why it’s necessary. They also share some of their own wellness suggestions and how you can get involved with the blog or podcast.

They also discuss:

For mental health support, please contact your GP or use the appropriate support for your country at https://checkpointorg.com/global/

Recorded 19/09/2020.

Twitter contacts: Voices of Academic (@academicvoices), Dr. Marissa Kate (@DrMarissaKate), Dr. Zoe Ayres (@ZJAyres), and Emily King (@EKing_Sci)

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Full transcript: https://sonix.ai/r/CoCvSXHw1wsi4ERFfgPukHLK/share

Sound: Mindset by Ketsa is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, available through Free Music Archive. 

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