Depression and anxiety ‘the norm’ for UK PhD students
PhD students in the United Kingdom are more likely than other educated members of the general public to report symptoms of depression or anxiety, according to a survey. The researchers used common clinical screening questionnaires to measure signs of emotional distress in 3,352 self-selected PhD students and 1,256 working professionals; these all had undergraduate degrees and were similar in age to the students. The results were published on 9 December in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications.
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