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

Mental health is a level of psychological well-being or an absence of mental illness. It's the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment.

It includes subjective well-being, perceived self-efficacy, autonomy, competence, inter-generational dependence, and self-actualization of one's intellectual and emotional potential, among others.

This list compiles several self-help resources we've personally found useful for a range of mental health problems, but in no way are they a replacement for professional help, psychotherapy, or pharmacotherapy. We're not experts, and even if we were, most of these tools are meant as an aid to therapy, not as a substitute.

If you're in a crisis, please see here, or here for resources in your country.

Contents

• Applications
• Articles
• Books
• Podcasts
• Conferences
• Meetups
• Organizations

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.

Articles

• A Programmer's Guide To Stress - By Daragh Byrne.
• Are You More Than Okay: The State Of Mental Health In Tech In 2016 - By Julia Nguyen.

Books

• Mental Health In Tech: Guidelines For Employees - By OSMI.
• Mental Health In Tech: Guidelines For Executives And HR Professionals - By OSMI.
• "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead" by Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW
• "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success" by Carol S. Dweck, PhD
• "The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook" by Edmund J. Bourne, PhD
• "The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs" by Stephen S. Ilardi, PhD
• "Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy" by David D. Burns, MD
• "The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are" by Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW
• "The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment" by Eckhart Tolle

Podcasts

• "The Mental Illness Happy Hour" - Host: Paul Gilmartin
• "Therapy for Black Girls" - Host: Dr. Joy Harden Bradford
• "The Hilarious World of Depression" - Host: John Moe
• "The Anxiety Coaches Podcast" - Host: Gina Ryan
• "The One You Feed" - Hosts: Eric Zimmer and Chris Forbes
• "The Hardcore Self Help Podcast" - Host: Dr. Robert Duff
• "Not Another Anxiety Show" - Host: Kelli Walker
• "The Psych Central Podcast" - Host: Gabe Howard

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 organization that aims to empower communities of Black people aged 13-25, and wants to make a 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.