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1 in 2 PhD students experiences psychological distress.
1 in 3 is at risk of a common psychiatric disorder.
Graduate students are 6 times more likely to experience
anxiety and depression than the general population.
Levecque et. al., 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2017.02.008
Evans et. al., 2018, https://doi:10.1038/nbt.4089
36% of respondents have sought help for anxiety or depression caused by PhD studies.
Woolston, C., 2019, https://doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-03459-7
(Link to raw data Nature Survey)
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