In this episode we tackle the important topic of mental health in academia. Shockingly, the likelihood to experience depression and anxiety is six times higher in graduate students as compared to the general population. However, there is still a strong stigma surrounding mental illness and a lack of institutional support.
Wendy, our guest and CEO as well as co-founder of Dragonfly Mental Health, tells us more about her personal journey of becoming an academic mental health advocate. She also explains how the globally operating, non-profit organization Dragonfly aims to change the climate and culture surrounding mental health.
https://dragonflymentalhealth.org/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTXMQmAoGaMIPXcOYPCPajg
Berlin-based mental health services:
In case you are in a psychosocial crisis or in an acute mental and psychiatric emergency, please contact the Berlin Crisis Service (Berliner Krisendienst): https://www.berliner-krisendienst.de/en/
Support hotline in English for people in crisis situations: 030-44010607 (daily from 18:00 – 24:00)
Support hotline (Telefonseelsorge e.V.) in German for people in crisis situations: 0800 - 1110111
Your show host and producer today is Christine Knoll @mogadhora.
Sound editing and original music by Giorgio Cattaneo: linktr.ee/exoplanetrec
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You can find our guest Wendy Ingram @pyromanticism https://www.wendymarieingram.com
Additional resources:
TED talk about imposter syndrome:
https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_cox_what_is_imposter_syndrome_and_how_can_you_combat_it
Evans, Bira, Gastelum et al., Evidence for a mental health crisis in graduate education. Nat Biotechnol. 2018 36, 282–284. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.4089
In case you cannot access it freely, please read the article ‘Mental Health Crisis for Grad Students’, which refers to the 2018 study published in Nature Biotechnology: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/03/06/new-study-says-graduate-students-mental-health-crisis
