Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide, Paperback/Zoë J. Ayres

TOC Part I: Defining The Problem Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Challenging Perceptions - What is mental health anyway? Chapter 3: Setting the Scene - Understanding the PhD Mental Health Crisis Part II: Mindset Matters Chapter 4: Self-Care: Without you there is no PhD Chapter 5: Not another yoga session - University Wellbeing programs and why they so often miss the mark Chapter 6: "I'll read it later" and other lies we tell ourselves - Managing Expectations and Guilt Chapter 7: Why you earned it - Fighting the Impostor.- Part III: Environmental Stressors Part III: Environmental Stressors Chapter 8: Dismantling the Ivory Tower - Systemic Issues that Might Impact your Mental Health Chapter 9: Perhaps it's not you it's them: PhD Student-Supervisor relationships Chapter 10: Publish or Perish - On the Myth of Meritocracy Chapter 11: The High-Walled Rose Garden: Understanding there is life outside the academy Part IV: Seeking Help Chapter 12: Thriving, not just surviving Zoë Ayres (PhD) is an analytical scientist by background, with a PhD in electrochemical sensor development. After spending several years as a postdoctoral researcher in academia post-PhD, she now works in industry as a Senior Scientist. Additionally, Zoë is a mental health advocate, spurred on by experiencing mental illness herself during her PhD. Her advocacy work focuses on improving mental health in research settings, primarily focusing on PhD mental health. She raises awareness of the common issues PhD students face through various campaigns and initiatives, and can be found under the handle @zjayres on Twitter. Book specifications: Dimensions: 234 x 156 Author: Zoë J. Ayres Cover type: Paperback Publishing Year: 2022 Publishing Month: 9 Pages: 199 Language: English Publisher: Springer Weight: 313 g