This is the story of a friend of a friend, a man by name Francis who took his life at age 34. Francis had been struggling with manic depression through most of his years as a postdoc in theoretical physics.
It is not a secret that short-term contracts and frequent moves are the norm in this area of research, but rarely do we spell out the toll it takes one our mental health. In fact, most of my
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
The plight of the postdocs: Academia and mental health
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- I get a lot of email asking me for advice on paper publishing. There�s no way I can make
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