Mental Health during the PhD
As a graduate centre, we cannot offer psychological counselling ourselves. Yet we know that, especially in exhausting and distressing periods, it can be difficult to go looking for help on your own. To make this step as easy as possible, this page lists support organisations and helplines that you can approach when necessary. Please do not hesitate to ask the relevant institutions whether they provide their service in English. If you need help getting in touch with any of them, you may contact Lena Nüchter at the GCSC.
Current Events
Jun 25, 2021 |
PK: Do Your Doctorate Goal-Oriented and Relaxed: Successful Doctorate with Resilience Training and Stress Management (Registration via StudIP)
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Where to get help
At JLU | |
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Psychologische Beratung - AStA |
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Stressbewältigung - FB 06 https://www.uni-giessen.de/fbz/fb06/psychologie/abt/psychologie/klinische/stressbewaeltigung |
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Studiencoaching - ZfBK https://www.uni-giessen.de/fbz/zentren/zfbk/afk?set_language=de |
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In Gießen | |
UKGM Gießen - Klinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie |
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Vitos Klinik Gießen crisis line: 0641 ‐ 4030 |
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Marburger Bündnis gegen Depression |
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Nationwide | |
Deutsche Depressionshilfe |
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Deutsche Depressionsliga |
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Crisis line 0800 - 111 0 111 |
Readings/Further information
- Wenn die Dissertation an der Psyche nagt. Interview mit Psychotherapeut Hans-Werner Rückert: https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/wenn-die-dissertation-an-der-psyche-nagt-471/
- Burnout - Anzeichen erkennen und Strategien zur Vermeidung: https://www.academics.de/ratgeber/anzeichen-burnout-erkennen-vermeiden#subnav_nicht_gegen_sich_leben_-_strategien_gegen_burnout
- Steiner, Verena: Energiekompetenz: Produktiver denken, wirkungsvoller arbeiten, entspannter leben. Zürich 2011.
- Inspirieren, Freiräume lassen. Die Abhängigkeit von Doktorvater oder Doktormutter birgt Risiken – nicht zuletzt für die Psyche: https://www.duz.de/beitrag/!/id/489/inspirieren-freiraeume-lassen
- Being proactive about mental health during your PhD: a very short guide: http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2017/05/08/being-proactive-about-mental-health-during-your-phd-a-very-short-guide/
- The Mental Health Crisis in Academia: https://www.ecn-berlin.de/mental-health/the-mental-health-crisis-in-academi.html
Studies dealing with the subjext of PhD/academic work and research & depression/mental health problems
- Katia Levecque, Frederik Anseel, Alain De Beuckelaer, Johan Van der Heyden, Lydia Gisle (2017): „Work organization and mental health problems in PhD students“, URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733317300422?via%3Dihub
- Woolston, Chris: Graduate survey: A love–hurt relationship, in: Nature, 550, pp. 549–552, (26 October 2017), URL: https://figshare.com/articles/Nature_Graduate_Survey_2017/5480716
- Susan Guthrie, Catherine Lichten, Janna van Belle, Sarah Ball, Anna Knack, Joanna Hofman: Understanding mental health in the research environment. A Rapid Evidence Assessment, 2017, URL: https://royalsociety.org/~/media/policy/topics/diversity-in-science/understanding-mental-health-in-the-research-environment.pdf
- The Graduate Assembly - Graduate Student Happiness & Well-Being Report 2014, URL: http://ga.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wellbeingreport_2014.pdf
- Winefield, A. H., Gillespie, N., Stough, C., Dua, J., Hapuarachchi, J., & Boyd, C. (2003). Occupational stress in Australian university staff: Results from a national survey. International Journal of Stress Management, 10(1), 51-63, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1072-5245.10.1.51