Questions tagged [health]
On physical and psychological health issues affecting academics and researchers, including impact of illness on research output or grades, health-related side effects of the academic lifestyle, health insurance for those employed in academia, etc. Use 'medicine', not 'health-issues', for questions on health and medicine as an academic discipline or field of study.
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Disclosing Asperger's Syndrome in cover letter for scholarship [duplicate]
If I want to apply for a PhD scholarship that requires a cover letter, should I disclose that I have Asperger's Syndrome? If so, how detailed should I describe my condition? It's not something that I ...
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How do grad schools look upon students with chronic illnesses?
The chronic medical illness has affected my ability to take the most rigorous schedule and led me to withdraw from one class and also take a year break in my undergraduate education. I'm wondering ...
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Is there a standard of professionalism in academia requiring me to hide self-harm scars if I'm otherwise comfortable leaving them exposed?
I'm a student intending to stay in academia, and I'm reaching the stage where I've begun to TA classes. If all goes well I'll be teaching courses for the rest of my career, so I want to make sure I'm ...
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My PhD situation is giving me anxiety attacks. Is quitting (and losing 2 years) my only option? [closed]
I am currently in my second year of my PhD and I am having a horrible time. I feel like I am not cut out for academia and I frequently have anxiety attacks. I would like to do something else, and if ...
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Is it good to buy health insurance for time period between the date of entry into US and the date on which university insurance coverage starts?
I will be soon joining a PhD program in US on an F-1 student visa. I will be entering US about 20 days before the university academic session starts. The university will be providing health insurance ...
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How do I tell my advisor about mental health problems?
I'm an undergraduate student (20f). I have 2 academic advisors - one in the Honors College & one in my department. I met with the Honors advisor recently to discuss study abroad and we somehow got ...
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What specific techniques can help someone facing mental health problems (depression, anxiety, ADHD) have a productive academic career?
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In the past few months, I have been diagnosed for depression, anxiety, and ADHD. While learning this has been helpful, treatment made my already poor performance worse. ...
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I am interested in graduate studies, but I was dismissed from my undergraduate program for poor grades. Where do I go from here?
I've had a tumultuous undergraduate experience, to say the least. After being suspended freshman year, being re-admitted in the Spring of 2014, and a rough 2014-2015 academic year, I've been dismissed ...
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Leave of Absence from PHD
What are the benefits and harm of taking a leave of absence after the first year of PhD?
......My situation is as follows.... I just completed the first year of PhD in Epidemiology at one of the ...
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How to overcome these learning difficulties and progress in academia?
I am a mathematics graduate who recently dropped out of a PhD for personal reasons. I also have Asperger's Syndrome which I was diagnosed with in 1996. Since dropping out, I have been thinking long ...
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Why are there so many mental health problems in academia?
One thing I've been really curious about recently is why there is a very high tendency for academics to suffer from mental health problems (e.g. anxiety and depression). There are a bunch of factors ...
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How to say good-bye to an unhelpful and undisciplined professor? [closed]
DISCLAIMER: the following story does not necessarily correspond to the facts in reality. In particular, it does not necessarily correspond to the author of this post and his/her supervisor.
I joined ...
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Should an advisor care if their student becomes overweight?
So your student is becoming overweight: does this negatively impact your research group in some way? Should an advisor care?
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