Dr Els C.M. van Rooij | The mental health crisis in doctoral education
Guest Lecture
- Date: Oct 11, 2019
- Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Dr Els C.M. van Rooij
- Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
- Location: MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
- Room: Lecture Hall (C101)
- Host: Department of Neurology
The road to a doctorate is not an easy one. Anecdotal evidence as well as
recent studies have revealed that many PhD students are suffering from
serious mental health problems. For universities to take measures to
prevent or decrease young researchers mental health problems we need to
know more about this mental health crisis. Therefore. our work focuses on
(1) the prevalence of mental health problems; (2) how mental health
problems are related to PhD students background characteristics; and (3)
how mental health influences PhD students progress. intention to quit. and
satisfaction. More than 1.000 PhD students in the Netherlands completed our
survey on general mental health. aspects of burnout and work engagement.
and work-life balance and work-life conflict. In this talk. I will present
the results of this survey. and I will discuss what universities and
research institutes could do to prevent and address these problems.