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Jun 21 - Jun 27, 2021
Articles
- Beating Burnout: A Guide For Supporting Mental Health At Work - By Almanac Core.
- How To Prevent Or Recover From Developer Burnout - By Anastasia.
Dec 07 - Dec 13, 2020
Articles
Nov 02 - Nov 08, 2020
Articles
- How To Keep Your Mental Health In Check When You Work From Home - By WeWorkRemotely.
Oct 05 - Oct 11, 2020
Articles
- How To Move Your Organization From Fear To Fearlessness - By Gustavo Razzetti.
Sep 14 - Sep 20, 2020
Applications
- Moodpath - Interactive, app-based screening, created to recognize symptoms of depression.
- Wake Up Time - Calculates optimal times to wake up based on your body's sleep cycles.
Aug 31 - Sep 06, 2020
Applications
- 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.
Jun 29 - Jul 05, 2020
Applications
- Wrabit - Build a daily writing habit while contributing to mental health research.
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.
Mar 09 - Mar 15, 2020
Talks
- The Mental Impact of Tech Interviews - Abstractions II (Slides) - By Zack Zlotnik.
Nov 25 - Dec 01, 2019
Applications
- Quirk - A GPL Licensed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) app for iOS and Android.
Oct 14 - Oct 20, 2019
Talks
- Burnout And Your Meat Computer - Electromagnetic Field 2018 - By Jessica Rose.
Jul 22 - Jul 28, 2019
Applications
- we are ANXIO.us - A collection of mental health and wellness apps, plus resources.
Articles
- Encouraging Wellness in a Remote Workpalce - By Desi Rottman.
Jul 15 - Jul 21, 2019
Applications
- Three Good Things - Write down three good things in your life every morning.
Articles
- Coding, Fast And Slow: Developers And The Psychology Of Overconfidence - By Dan Milstein.
- Intro To Meditation For Coders - By Abe Dolinger.
Mar 11 - Mar 17, 2019
Articles
- A Programmers Guide To Stress - By Daragh Byrne.
- How I Beat Impostor Syndrome And Stopped Feeling Like A Fake - By Daragh Byrne.
- I Can't Do It All: My Burnout Story - By Molly Struve.
- My Mental Health Toolbelt - By Taylor Otwell.
Mar 04 - Mar 10, 2019
Articles
- Do Not Disturb - By Joe Bell.
Organizations
- 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.
Talks
- Modern Mindfulness - Hey! 2016 - By Joe Bell.
Feb 04 - Feb 10, 2019
Organizations
- SelfCare.Tech - A repository of self-care resources for developers & others.
Jan 14 - Jan 20, 2019
Articles
- Recovering From Burnout - By Kieran Tie.
Books
Talks
- Emotional Intelligence For Engineers - ngAtlanta 2018 - By April Wensel.
- It's Darkest Before Dawn: Alcoholism And Addiction In Tech - DjangoCon US 2016 - By Timothy Allen.
Jan 07 - Jan 13, 2019
Articles
Dec 03 - Dec 09, 2018
Conferences
- Computing And Mental Health - Bringing together communities.
Talks
- Developers, Entrepreneurs And Depression - Business Of Software 2015 - By Greg Baugues.
Nov 26 - Dec 02, 2018
Articles
- For The Developers With Anxiety, And Everyone Else - By Daine Mawer.
- Perfectionism, Anxiety And Learning To Be Kind To Yourself - By Jo Franchetti.
Talks
- Debugging Our Feelings: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Developers - Peers Conference 2018 - By Jamie Strachan.
Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2018
Articles
- Are You More Than Okay: The State Of Mental Health In Tech In 2016 - By Julia Nguyen.
Books
Organizations
- Brown Sisters Speak - Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy for Women Of Color.
- Everybody Has A Brain - Everybody Has A Brain is about creating opportunities for dialogue around personal mental health.
- Mental Health Knowledge Base - GitHub-based project and website that encourages a diversity of views regarding mental health.
Podcasts
- Emotional Intelligence And Ethics In Tech - By April Wensel in the Happy Porch podcast.
Nov 05 - Nov 11, 2018
Articles
- It's Time To Talk About Mental Illness In Indie Development - By Jessica Conditt.
Oct 29 - Nov 04, 2018
Articles
- Developers: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome - By Abhishek Pillai.
- Why Do Software Developers Suffer From Imposter Syndrome? - By Muhammed Rajeef M K.
Meetups
- Mental Health In Tech Auckland - Organized by Navs, Kai L. & Helen D.
Podcasts
- 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.
- Programmers Don't Like People...Or Do They? - Node.js Interactive 2018 - By April Wensel.
Oct 22 - Oct 28, 2018
Articles
- Sorry, Not Sorry - How To Advocate For Your Mental Health At Work - By Jessica DiVento.
Conferences
- 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.
Organizations
- Compassionate Coding - Compassionate Coding combines the effective practices of agile software development with a focus on empathy and the latest in positive organizational psychology.
- Hack Mental Health - The intersection of mental health and technology.
Talks
- 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.
- Cultivating Compassionate Tech Communities - AnxietyTech 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.
- Living With Bipolar Disorder As A Software Engineer - AnxietyTech 2018 - By Jenna Quindica.
- Self Care: Avoiding Burnout - AnxietyTech 2018 - By Shemika Lamare.
- 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.
- 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.
Oct 15 - Oct 21, 2018
Articles
- Developer Depression: Isolation Is The Biggest Problem - By Lauren Maffeo.
- 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.
- 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.
- Programmer Imposter Syndrome: 6 Ways To Get Over Yours - By Ethan Urie.
- Taming Anxiety And Hacking Your Way Into Productivity - By André Pena.
- Tips For Dealing With Developer Stress - By Rich McLaughlin.
- Why Burnout Is Dangerous And How You Can Recover From It (It's Possible) - By Theodora S. Abigail.
Talks
- Beyond Burnout: Mental Health And Neurodiversity In Engineering - DevOpsDays Boston 2018 - By James Meickle.
Oct 08 - Oct 14, 2018
Articles
- 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.
- Mental Self Care For Software Developers And Web Designers - By B.J. Keeton.
- Mental Illness In The Web Industry - By Brandon Gregory.
- On Dealing With Anxiety And Depression As A Developer - By Michael Scott Hertzberg.
- Software Developer Careers Considered Harmful - By Christian Grobmeier.
- The Programmer’s Great Clinical Depression - By Jason Lowenthal.
- 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 Most Remote Companies Don't Tell You About Remote Work - By Amir Salihefendic.
Organizations
- 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.
Talks
- Developers And Depression - Codeland NYC 2017 - By Greg Baugues.
- 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.
- 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.
- Stress & Depression, A Taboo In Our Time - GOTO 2017 - By Gitte Klitgaard.