This month some of us are back in the lab: Angela is fine, Jodi has a fiasco in a toilet, Rebecca pulls her best segue yet AND we are joined by analytical research & development scientist and academic mental health advocate, Dr. Zoё Ayres (Twitter: @zjayres) to chat about the mental health crisis in academia and how current academic working culture fuels this. More about Zoё and her mental health resources: https://www.zjayres.com/ including the mental health poster series and #100voices project. Voices of Academia blog: https://voicesofacademia.com/ and @academicvoices on Twitter (get in touch with Zoё if you’d like to contribute to the blog!). Check out Dragonfly Mental Health which Zoё mentions: @DragonflyMH (Twitter) and https://dragonflymentalhealth.com and find the community at #AcademicMentalHealth on Twitter.
Study on academic mental health mentioned in the episode: Leveque et al. (2017), Research Policy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048733317300422?via%3Dihub (abstract only).
Mental health crisis support: NHS list of support charities & crisis lines (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/), Mind list of crisis helplines (https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services/helplines-listening-services/ ) & Samaritans (https://www.samaritans.org/ )
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Recorded: 4th July 2020 and 10th July (recorded remotely via Zoom due to COVID-19, please excuse some fluctuations in audio quality). Released: 31st July 2020.
Hosts: Rebecca Casterton, Jodi Parslow, Angela. Producer & Editor: Rebecca Casterton. Music: Right Place, Right Time | Silent Partner (YouTube Audio Library).