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Get Help: How the myth of self-sufficiency fails PhD students with mental illness

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Recently a tankard of ink, both physical and virtual, has been spilled on the topic of depression and suicide. A significant portion of this, particularly on Twitter, was focused on […]

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Argument & Analysis, Experiences, Postgraduate Research
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We Need to Talk About Student Mental Health More, Not Less

November 11, 2014by phdisabled 4 Comments

  The hullaballoo over the increase in takeup of student mental health services has a disturbing undertone. Alan Percy’s recent Guardian article on the subject calls for a “nuanced” approach […]

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Argument & Analysis, Postgraduate Research, Postgraduate Taught, Undergraduate
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Event Organizers: Give Access Information Up Front. Please?

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It’s sometimes unclear exactly what small, concrete steps can be taken that might serve to improve, drastically or otherwise, the experience of chronically ill and disabled (PhD) students. We think […]

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Argument & Analysis, Postgraduate Research, Postgraduate Taught, Undergraduate
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Student (Mental Health) Problems are “Real” Problems

August 12, 2014by phdisabled 1 Comment

This post comes from Melonie Fullick (@qui_oui) who writes a regular column on the Canadian Post-Secondary Education (PSE) system at University Affairs.  While this post is from December 2012, it’s […]

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