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Mental health of graduate students sorely overlooked

Too few resources exist to help early-career scientists deal with the stresses encountered in today’s ‘publish or perish’ culture.
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Graduate students around the world need more support to manage the mental-health issues, such as depression and anxiety, that they are experiencing at worrying rates, according to a report1 from two US non-profit organizations.

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Nature 595, 135-137 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01751-z

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