‘A toxic culture of overwork’: Inside the graduate student mental health crisis - The Stanford Daily
The crisis extends into the ways counseling and psychological services are provided at the University and into the intrinsic nature of graduate education.
Hasnain says:
This was sad and tough to read. I agree with one of the comments on HN where it's called out how folks in industry often put down those in Academia, referring to it as the "cushy" life - when it can often be the opposite, as seen here.
"Sitting at a restaurant on University Avenue, the prospective candidate mentioned that she was in therapy. One by one, the current students at the table said that they were, too, but none of them had ever discussed it with each other. "
"“[Mental health] is something that unites all of us grad students,” she said. “We know what it’s like to struggle with us and our friends, and we want something to be done about it. It’s a rallying point for all of us.”"
Posted on 2019-03-17T18:43:15+0000