Depression and other mental health problems are surprisingly not so uncommon among women in science.
Although there is no available data, we may assume that women in science have mental health issues.
Women face many challenges when they decide to pursue a career in science.
The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.
Maya Angelou
On the other women in science have many big obstacles in their path.
Hence, the fact that there are so few in their workplace may affect them mentally if their employers are not taking actions against it.
Since isolation is very common in universities for female scientists, this may be the cause of mental health issues and depression.
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increase the burden: It is easier to say “My tooth is aching" than to say “My heart is broken".
C. S. Lewis
But there are many other challenges that women have to face that may be the cause of mental burden in their lives.
In this episode, we are referring to the four main challenges on how they may affect the mental health of women in science.
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