Nearly one in three early-career researchers report elevated psychological distress

MedicalXpress | يون 29, 2026

Nearly one in three early-career researchers (ECRs) report elevated psychological distress, according to the largest and most comprehensive meta-analysis to date on mental health among ECRs. Researchers from the University of Vienna synthesized evidence from almost 230 independent samples across nearly 150 studies, comprising close to 140,000 ECRs, to estimate the prevalence and severity of mental health problems in this population. The findings were published in Nature Human Behaviour.