TW: Suicidal ideation In this episode, the Voices of Academia concept and the team are introduced. Academics Dr. Marissa Kate, Dr. Zoe Ayres, and Emily King (PhD loading) open up about why academic mental health advocacy is important to them and why it’s necessary. They also share some of their own wellness suggestions and how you can get involved with the blog or podcast. They also discuss: Some of the challenges of academia, including the pressure to publish Knowing the statistics can't prevent mental illness The power of personal mental health & wellness stories The physical side of mental illnesses often doesn't get talked about Benefits of social media for academic networking, validating experiences & support The academic culture to pretend "everything is ok" The Mental Health First Aid course The importance of supervisor wellness training and education The importance of sleep For mental health support, please contact your GP or use the appropriate support for your country at https://checkpointorg.com/global/ Recorded 19/09/2020. Twitter contacts: Voices of Academic (@academicvoices), Dr. Marissa Kate (@DrMarissaKate), Dr. Zoe Ayres (@ZJAyres), and Emily King (@EKing_Sci) Website: www.voicesofacademia.com Full transcript: https://sonix.ai/r/CoCvSXHw1wsi4ERFfgPukHLK/share Sound: Mindset by Ketsa is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, available through Free Music Archive.

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