World mental health day: dealing with the pressures of academe

Today is World Mental Health Day, and Matthew Flinders argues that although changes in individual behaviour can help, systemic change is really needed to ease the mental health burden on academics

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Matthew Flinders

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#1 Submitted by ... on October 12, 2020 - 2:48pm

The world's largest survey on academic researchers' experience of mental health has just been released. Over 13,000 respondents from over 160 countries, representing all experience levels and with a strong representation of 'minority' groups. It is available from free here: https://cactusglobal.com/mental-health-survey/

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