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MHeNs Mental well-being during your PhD

Doing a PhD is an exciting journey, but can at times be challenging and/or stressful. At MHeNs you are not doing a PhD alone, you are embedded in a larger academic community. On this webpage you will find practical advice to help you manage and improve your mental well-being as a PhD candidate.
 

In case you are experiencing any problems, minor or major, we think talking to someone about it is an important first step. There is no easy fix, and while there are resources at MHeNs and Maastricht University available to PhD candidates, we realise it may be difficult to find out where to start. Therefore, we have assembled resources that focus on mental well-being. We hope that this may be helpful to you. If there is anything that you are missing, please feel free to reach out to us.

Need urgent care?
For life threatening situations or emergencies, call 112.

Support available to you if you need psychological help immediately:

General Practitioner ('huisarts')
GP Medical Post (after office hours)
Victim Support NL (slachtofferhulp)
Police

Contact persons and resources

  • Mental Support

    Find more information regarding mental support at Maastricht University and in Maastricht:

    *only for PhD candidates who are employed by UM / MUMC+.

  • Personal and professional development

    By participating in lectures, workshops and training courses you get the chance to develop yourself personally and professionally. 

    • Staff Career Centre (SCC)*: The SCC offers courses on career management, transferable skills and personal development related to work & career in case you are employed at Maastricht University. Did you know the coaches Hanneke and Olga also offer individual coaching, which is free of charge?
    • GoodHabitz online training offers you a wide range of training courses, from short to longer, interactive, fun and with inspiring videos. E.g.: "

      A different way of working together", 
      "Physical and mental fitness", "Peak performance mode off" or "Self-reflection and resilience".

    *only for PhD candidates who are employed by UM / MUMC+.

  • MHeNs contact persons

    In case of questions or experienced difficulties, there is always a MHeNs colleague there for you:


    Some colleagues are available if you come across integrity issues in the broad sense (e.g. work-related conflicts, undesirable behaviour). Each division has a confidential contact person and the MHeNs PhD coordinator is also available. You can contact the person where you feel most safe. That does not need to be the confidential contact person of your own division.


    Confidential contact person division 1
    Confidential contact person division 2
    Confidential contact person division 3
    MHeNs PhD coordinator

    Next to the internal confidential contact persons, you can also contact the FHML external confidential advisor if needed.

    External confidential advisor (also see “other UM contact persons” at this page).