awesome-mental-health

Mental Health Resources

A curated list of resources and tools for managing mental health in the software industry

A curated list of awesome articles, websites and resources about mental health in the software industry.

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Applications
Moodpath Interactive, app-based screening, created to recognize symptoms of depression
Nyxo – Open source sleep tracking and sleep coaching app for iOS and Android
Sanvello Daily tools for stress, anxiety, and depression alongside a supportive community. Based on cognitive behavioral therapy & mindfulness meditation
Quirk A GPL Licensed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) app for iOS and Android
Three Good Things Write down three good things in your life every morning
Wake Up Time Calculates optimal times to wake up based on your body's sleep cycles
we are ANXIO.us A collection of mental health and wellness apps, plus resources
Wrabit Build a daily writing habit while contributing to mental health research

Articles
A Programmers Guide To Stress By Daragh Byrne
Are You More Than Okay: The State Of Mental Health In Tech In 2016 By Julia Nguyen
Beating Burnout: A Guide For Supporting Mental Health At Work By Almanac Core
Coding, Fast And Slow: Developers And The Psychology Of Overconfidence By Dan Milstein
Depression At Work Is Skyrocketing, But It Doesn't Have To Be Your New Normal By Bev Campling
Developer Depression: Isolation Is The Biggest Problem By Lauren Maffeo
Developers: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome By Abhishek Pillai
Do Not Disturb By Joe Bell
Encouraging Wellness in a Remote Workpalce By Desi Rottman
For The Developers With Anxiety, And Everyone Else By Daine Mawer
How I Beat Impostor Syndrome And Stopped Feeling Like A Fake By Daragh Byrne
How I Conquered Anxiety And Learned To LOVE Coding By Joyce Akiko
How I Fought Through Anxiety And Depression To Finish freeCodeCamp's Front End Dev Program By Emily Aamodt
How To Keep Your Mental Health In Check When You Work From Home By WeWorkRemotely
How To Move Your Organization From Fear To Fearlessness By Gustavo Razzetti
How To Prevent Or Recover From Developer Burnout By Anastasia
Hunting For A Web Developer Job... With Crushing Anxiety And No Self-Esteem By James Lave
I Can't Do It All: My Burnout Story By Molly Struve
Intro To Meditation For Coders By Abe Dolinger
It's Okay To Not Be Okay By Andrew Montagne
It's Time To Talk About Mental Health In The Games Industry By Rich Eddy
It's Time To Talk About Mental Illness In Indie Development By Jessica Conditt
Mental Self Care For Software Developers And Web Designers By B.J. Keeton
Mental Illness In The Web Industry By Brandon Gregory
My Mental Health Toolbelt By Taylor Otwell
On Dealing With Anxiety And Depression As A Developer By Michael Scott Hertzberg
Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety Of Software Engineers Using Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy By Merve Denizci Nazligul, Murat Yilmaz, Ulas Gulec, Mert Ali Gozcu, Rory V. O'Connor & Paul Clarke
Perfectionism, Anxiety And Learning To Be Kind To Yourself By Jo Franchetti
Programmer Imposter Syndrome: 6 Ways To Get Over Yours By Ethan Urie
Recovering From Burnout By Kieran Tie
Software Developer Careers Considered Harmful By Christian Grobmeier
Sorry, Not Sorry - How To Advocate For Your Mental Health At Work By Jessica DiVento
Taming Anxiety And Hacking Your Way Into Productivity By André Pena
The Programmer’s Great Clinical Depression By Jason Lowenthal
Tips For Dealing With Developer Stress By Rich McLaughlin
Tips To Maintain Your Mental Health As A Software Developer By Steven To
We Need To Talk About Developers And Depression By Greg Baugues
What Happens When Software Developers Are (un)Happy By Daniel Graziotin, Fabian Fagerholm, Xiaofeng Wang & Pekka Abrahamssone
What It's Like Being A Developer With Schizoaffective Disorder By Fris
What Most Remote Companies Don't Tell You About Remote Work By Amir Salihefendic
Why Burnout Is Dangerous And How You Can Recover From It (It's Possible) By Theodora S. Abigail
Why Do Software Developers Suffer From Imposter Syndrome? By Muhammed Rajeef M K

Books
Mental Health In Tech: Guidelines For Employees By OSMI
Mental Health In Tech: Guidelines For Executives And HR Professionals By OSMI
Mental Health In Tech: Guidelines For Mental Wellness In The Workplace By OSMI

Conferences
Computing And Mental Health Bringing together communities
Anxiety Tech Learn how to advocate for mental health at work, how technology can be better designed to support mental health, what technologies are already working to help those who suffer with mental illnesses, and how you or your company can be leaders in this field

Meetups
Mental Health In Tech Auckland Organized by Navs, Kai L. & Helen D

Organizations
Black Minds Matter A non-profit organisation that aims to empower communities of Black people aged 13- 25, and wants to make more equal and just society for all
Black Therapists Rock Black Therapists Rock (BTR) is an organization committed to increasing awareness of social and psychological challenges impacting vulnerable communities
The Black, African, and Asian Therapy Network The UK’s largest independent organisation to specialise in working psychologically, informed by an understanding of intersectionality, with people who identify as Black, African, South Asian and Caribbean
Brown Sisters Speak Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy for Women Of Color
Compassionate Coding Compassionate Coding combines the effective practices of agile software development with a focus on empathy and the latest in positive organizational psychology
Everybody Has A Brain Everybody Has A Brain is about creating opportunities for dialogue around personal mental health
Hack Mental Health The intersection of mental health and technology
IfMe Community for mental health experiences that encourages people to share their personal stories with trusted allies
Mental Health Hackers An Organization that aims at providing support services to those who may be susceptible to related mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, social isolation, eating disorders, etc
Mental Health Knowledge Base GitHub-based project and website that encourages a diversity of views regarding mental health
MHPrompt Let's start a conversation about mental health in tech
OSMI Open Sourcing Mental Illness is a non-profit, corporation dedicated to raising awareness, educating, and providing resources to support mental wellness in the tech and open source communities
SelfCare.Tech A repository of self-care resources for developers & others

Podcasts
Emotional Intelligence And Ethics In Tech By April Wensel in the Happy Porch podcast
Jerk Programmer To Compassionate Coder By April Wensel in the Ardent Development podcast

Talks
A Conversation About Mental Health In Tech - Distill 2014 By Ed Finkler, Greg Baugues, John Dalton & Paddy Foran
Advocating For Mental Health At Work - AnxietyTech 2018 By Dr. Jessica DiVento
Anxiety & Calm Technology - AnxietyTech 2018 By Amber Case
Authentic Developer - Droidcon Berlin 2018 By Anastasia López Dornak
Beyond Burnout: Mental Health And Neurodiversity In Engineering - DevOpsDays Boston 2018 By James Meickle
Burnout And Your Meat Computer - Electromagnetic Field 2018 By Jessica Rose
Cultivating Compassionate Tech Communities - AnxietyTech 2018 By April Wensel
Debugging Our Feelings: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Developers - Peers Conference 2018 By Jamie Strachan
Developers And Depression - Codeland NYC 2017 By Greg Baugues
Developers, Entrepreneurs And Depression - Business Of Software 2015 By Greg Baugues
Emotional Intelligence For Engineers - ngAtlanta 2018 By April Wensel
Fight Tech With Tech - AnxietyTech 2018 By Pamela Fox
Getting Therapy To Those Who Need It Most - AnxietyTech 2018 By Shawn Kernes
Hacking With My Anxiety - AnxietyTech 2018 By Bryan Hughes
Hitting The Wall And How To Get Up Again - Tackling Burnout And Strategies For Self Care - PyCon Australia 2016 By Jackson Fairchild
Howto: Not Get A Burnout - PowerShell Conference EU 2018 By Jeff Wouters
Imposter Syndrome - PyCon Australia 2016 By Bianca Gibson
It's Dangerous To Go Alone: Battling The Invisible Monsters In Tech - PyCon 2014 By Julie Pagano
It's Darkest Before Dawn: Alcoholism And Addiction In Tech - DjangoCon US 2016 By Timothy Allen
Living With Bipolar Disorder As A Software Engineer - AnxietyTech 2018 By Jenna Quindica
Looking After Your Mental Health, A Guide For Software Developers - PHP Yorkshire 2018 By Mark Railton
Mental Health In Development - PyCon Australia 2016 By Eloise Macdonald-Meyer
Modern Mindfulness - Hey! 2016 By Joe Bell
Programmers Don't Like People...Or Do They? - Node.js Interactive 2018 By April Wensel
Self Care: Avoiding Burnout - AnxietyTech 2018 By Shemika Lamare
Stress & Depression, A Taboo In Our Time - GOTO 2017 By Gitte Klitgaard
Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health In The Developer Community - ElixirDaze 2017 By Ed Finkler
Successful, Accomplished, Depressed: A Talk About Performance, Perfectionism, And Burnout In IT - WeAreDevelopers 2018 By Dennis Traub
The Evolution Of VR Therapy - AnxietyTech 2018 By Skip Rizzo
The Mental Impact of Tech Interviews - Abstractions II ( ) - By Zack Zlotnik
The Never Ending Hack Mental Health In InfoSec Community - Circle City Con 5.0 By Danny Akacki
UX Of Wearables In Clinical Treatment For PTSD - AnxietyTech 2018 By Ada Ng
VR Mental Health Startup: Idea To Reality - AnxietyTech 2018 By Jonathan Sockell
Why We Need Innovation In Mental Health Tech - AnxietyTech 2018 By Solome Tibebu

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