100 Apps, Articles, Books, Podcasts and Talks About Mental Health in the Software Industry

Mental health awareness increases the chances for early intervention, which can result in a fast recovery. Awareness reduces negative adjectives that have been set to describe our people with a metal illness. By raising awareness, mental health can now be seen as an illness. Mental health is gradually being recognised as a disease as a result of increased awareness. Treatment is available for these disorders. It is critical to raise awareness about depression and other mental health illnesses in order to eliminate the stigma that surrounds them.

It also helps people understand that they are not alone and that there are numerous support networks available to assist them in overcoming this sickness. This entails instilling in youngsters an understanding of mental health and how to maintain it. It is critical that young people comprehend the concept of self-care and recognise their responsibility for their own mental health.

Mental illness occurs from the interaction of multiple genes and other factors – such as stress, abuse, or a traumatic event – which can influence, or trigger, an illness in a person who has an inherited susceptibility to it. These resources lean more towards mental health awareness in the software industry but generally can be applied within different situations and circumstances. This list was generously compiled by dreamingechoes and 15 other contributors.

Apps

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

Articles

1. A Programmers Guide To Stress by Daragh Byrne
2. Are You More Than Okay: The State Of Mental Health In Tech In 2016 by Julia Nguyen
3. Beating Burnout: A Guide For Supporting Mental Health At Work by Almanac Core
4. Coding, Fast And Slow: Developers And The Psychology Of Overconfidence by Dan Milstein
5. Depression At Work Is Skyrocketing, But It Doesn’t Have To Be Your New Normal by Bev Campling
6. Developer Depression: Isolation Is The Biggest Problem by Lauren Maffeo
7. Developers: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome by Abhishek Pillai
8. Do Not Disturb by Joe Bell
9. Encouraging Wellness in a Remote Workpalce by Desi Rottman
10. For The Developers With Anxiety, And Everyone Else by Daine Mawer
11. How I Beat Impostor Syndrome And Stopped Feeling Like A Fake by Daragh Byrne
12. How I Conquered Anxiety And Learned To LOVE Coding by Joyce Akiko
13. How I Fought Through Anxiety And Depression To Finish freeCodeCamp’s Front End Dev Program by Emily Aamodt
14. How To Keep Your Mental Health In Check When You Work From Home by WeWorkRemotely
15. How To Move Your Organization From Fear To Fearlessness by Gustavo Razzetti
16. How To Prevent Or Recover From Developer Burnout by Anastasia
17. Hunting For A Web Developer Job… With Crushing Anxiety And No Self-Esteem by James Lave
18. I Can’t Do It All: My Burnout Story by Molly Struve
19. Intro To Meditation For Coders by Abe Dolinger
20. It’s Okay To Not Be Okay by Andrew Montagne
21. It’s Time To Talk About Mental Health In The Games Industry by Rich Eddy
22. It’s Time To Talk About Mental Illness In Indie Development by Jessica Conditt
23. Mental Self Care For Software Developers And Web Designers by B.J. Keeton
24. Mental Illness In The Web Industry by Brandon Gregory
25. My Mental Health Toolbelt by Taylor Otwell
26. On Dealing With Anxiety And Depression As A Developer by Michael Scott Hertzberg
27. 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
28. Perfectionism, Anxiety And Learning To Be Kind To Yourself by Jo Franchetti
29. Programmer Imposter Syndrome: 6 Ways To Get Over Yours by Ethan Urie
30. Recovering From Burnout by Kieran Tie
31. Software Developer Careers Considered Harmful by Christian Grobmeier
32. Sorry, Not Sorry – How To Advocate For Your Mental Health At Work by Jessica DiVento
33. Taming Anxiety And Hacking Your Way Into Productivity by André Pena
34. The Programmer’s Great Clinical Depression by Jason Lowenthal
35. Tips For Dealing With Developer Stress by Rich McLaughlin
36. Tips To Maintain Your Mental Health As A Software Developer by Steven To
37. We Need To Talk About Developers And Depression by Greg Baugues
38. What Happens When Software Developers Are (un)Happy by Daniel Graziotin, Fabian Fagerholm, Xiaofeng Wang & Pekka Abrahamssone
39. What It’s Like Being A Developer With Schizoaffective Disorder by Fris
40. What Most Remote Companies Don’t Tell You About Remote Work by Amir Salihefendic
41. Why Burnout Is Dangerous And How You Can Recover From It (It’s Possible) by Theodora S. Abigail
42. Why Do Software Developers Suffer From Imposter Syndrome? by Muhammed Rajeef M K