Category: Mental Health

  • Experienced by Many: Mental Health Struggles During my PhD

    Experienced by Many: Mental Health Struggles During my PhD

    In this blog piece, Saltanat Kydyralieva Kaplan openly discusses her journey into clinical psychology. She looks into the mental health struggles and challenges she faced on the way and offers valuable advice for current PhD students navigating their own mental wellbeing.  Photo sourced from Unsplash Connecting mental health and academia is not often a focus…

  • Juggling Motherhood, Mental Health, and my PhD

    Juggling Motherhood, Mental Health, and my PhD

    Read our latest blog post by Zarnigor Khayat, a devoted mother, scientist, and lecturer at Webster University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Based on her personal experiences dealing with postpartum mental health, cultural expectations, and academic pressures, Zarnigor offers an open and honest insight into the delicate balance between family life, motherhood and pursuing her doctoral research.…