By Sirine Taleb Graduate school is not an easy journey and can often take a toll on students' emotional health. Graduate students can spend upwards of 60 hours per week researching and publishing their work. Whether they are earning a Master's or a Doctorate (Ph.D.), many suffer emotionally during their years of study and concerns about their emotional health have been highlighted in several articles and studies. One such study found that graduate students are six times more likely to experience anxiety and depression than the general population. This same study also found that female graduate students are more likely to experience depression than their male counterparts. Additionally, the Graduate Assembly at UC Berkeley found that Ph.D. students in particular have low life satisfaction and almost 47% of Ph.D. candidates were depressed. From my personal experience as a graduate student, I believe that overall emotional health can be affected by one’s living, social and financial situations. Although several institutions have raised the alarm concerning the emotional health of graduate students, concrete solutions and actions have yet to be implemented.
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