{"id":70393,"date":"2017-04-28T09:41:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T07:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/2017\/04\/28\/haast-met-onderzoek-naar-psychische-klachten-promovendi\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:46","slug":"haast-met-onderzoek-naar-psychische-klachten-promovendi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/04\/28\/haast-met-onderzoek-naar-psychische-klachten-promovendi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hurry with investigation into mental problems among PhD students\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Promovendi Netwerk Nederland<\/em> is concerned about the mental health of PhD students and is pushing for a national study into their health issues as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

The results of a wide-scale Flemish study among over 3,600 PhD students show that nearly a third of them are at risk of developing depression: two to three times more than other highly qualified people.<\/p>\n

Many PhD students have problems separating work from home life, say the Flemish researchers. A high workload and uncertain career prospects are other stress-inducing factors.<\/p>\n

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In the Netherlands, there are similar problems. Last year it appeared that possibly one in three PhD students at the University of Amsterdam suffers from clinical depression<\/u>. This risk was particularly high in studies like business administration and economics.<\/p>\n

Such a small-scale study at one university isn\u2019t enough, says chairman Rolf van Wegberg from Promovendi Netwerk Nederland<\/em> (PNN): a big nationwide study should be launched, like the one in Flanders. But that isn\u2019t happening \u201cdue to a lack of urgency and funding.\u201d<\/p>\n

PNN is disappointed that such an important study has not been performed for these reasons. \u201cBecause there\u2019s only one group that will pay the price as a result: the PhD students.\u201d<\/p>\n

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