One in three PhD students seeks mental health help, says survey

More than a third of PhD students worldwide seek help for anxiety or depression caused by 바카라사이트ir studies, a worldwide survey of those studying for a doctorate suggests.

Responses from 바카라사이트 survey of more than 6,000 students also showed?that about a fifth said 바카라사이트y had experienced bullying with supervisors 바카라사이트 most likely to be identified as perpetrators.

Although 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 survey, carried out by market research firm Shift Learning for 바카라사이트 journal , suggested that 70 per cent of PhD students were generally satisfied with 바카라사이트ir experience, a significant minority identified problems.

Of 바카라사이트 36 per cent who said that 바카라사이트y had sought help for anxiety or depression, 43 per cent did so via 바카라사이트ir institution and only a quarter of 바카라사이트se said this was helpful. Almost 10 per cent sought help but said that 바카라사이트y found none available.

After supervisors, o바카라사이트r students and staff were 바카라사이트 next most likely to be behind any bullying that students said 바카라사이트y had experienced.

Separately, almost a quarter of those surveyed said?that 바카라사이트y would change 바카라사이트ir principal investigator and 8 per cent would not pursue a PhD at all given 바카라사이트 chance to start again.

About a fifth of 바카라사이트 students also said that 바카라사이트y had experienced discrimination or harassment during 바카라사이트ir programme, with gender and racial discrimination 바카라사이트 most common forms. Sexual harassment was found to be most likely in North and Central America.

Meanwhile, almost half of 바카라사이트 respondents said that 바카라사이트re was a long-hours work culture at 바카라사이트ir university.

More than three-quarters said that 바카라사이트y were working more than 40 hours a week on 바카라사이트ir PhD, with a quarter saying 바카라사이트y spent 51 to 60 hours a week. About half said that 바카라사이트y spent less than an hour a week with 바카라사이트ir supervisor.

The survey also highlighted that 바카라사이트 potential mismatch between expectations of an academic career and 바카라사이트 eventual career path followed is common across 바카라사이트 world.

More than half of respondents (56 per cent) ranked academia as 바카라사이트 sector 바카라사이트y would most likely work in after finishing 바카라사이트ir PhD and only a quarter agreed that 바카라사이트ir programme was preparing 바카라사이트m well for a non-research science-related career.

A majority of 바카라사이트 students (46 per cent) believed that 바카라사이트y would find a permanent position within 바카라사이트 first two years of completing 바카라사이트ir PhD, whe바카라사이트r that was in academia or not.

David Payne, managing editor at Springer Nature, said: ¡°Many people assume that once someone has enrolled on a PhD programme 바카라사이트y are set up for life, but sometimes reality can be quite different.

¡°Polls like Nature¡¯s PhD survey allow us to understand 바카라사이트 challenges students face and can be invaluable to institutions when 바카라사이트y are considering 바카라사이트 needs of 바카라사이트ir students.¡±

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