I don’t know for sure that we have prioritised mental health over other productivity interventions, although we may have. Effective Altruism Coaching doesn’t have a sole mental health focus (also see here for 2020 annual review) but I think that is just one person doing the coaching so may not be representative of wider productivity work in EA.
It’s worth noting that it’s plausible that mental health may be proportionally more of a problem within EA than outside, as EAs may worry more about the state of the world and if they’re having impact etc. - which may in turn require novel resources/approaches to treating mental health problems that aren’t necessarily widely available elsewhere.
Other things like how best to work productively may be well covered by existing resources and so may not need EA-specific materials.
I don’t know for sure that we have prioritised mental health over other productivity interventions, although we may have. Effective Altruism Coaching doesn’t have a sole mental health focus (also see here for 2020 annual review) but I think that is just one person doing the coaching so may not be representative of wider productivity work in EA.
It’s worth noting that it’s plausible that mental health may be proportionally more of a problem within EA than outside, as EAs may worry more about the state of the world and if they’re having impact etc. - which may in turn require novel resources/approaches to treating mental health problems that aren’t necessarily widely available elsewhere.
Other things like how best to work productively may be well covered by existing resources and so may not need EA-specific materials.