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Men­tal health (cause area)

TagLast edit: Aug 15, 2023, 1:49 PM by Amber Dawn

This entry discusses mental health as a cause area. For mental health within the effective altruism community, see effective altruism lifestyle or self-care and wellbeing in the effective altruism community.

Mental health issues cause an enormous amount of suffering on a global scale, and could be just as promising a target for charitable intervention as many other effective altruist cause areas.

Further detail

Mental health problems are conditions such as depression, anxiety and schizophrenia. It is unclear precisely what percent of the DALY burden worldwide they represent. While some research has indicated they make up about 7% of the worldwide DALY burden, other researchers have suggested that the 7% figure may underestimate the true burden of mental health in a variety of ways, and that the actual figure may be nearly double that.[1]

Mental health problems are typically neglected, particularly in the developing world, and there are very few charities working in the area. Giving What We Can conducted an evaluation of Basic Needs, a charity that implements community-based mental health projects, concluding that it was promising but not as cost-effective as GiveWell ’s recommended charities.[2]

Some people care about making everyone happier and more satisfied with their life, over and above treating medical disorders. A few members of the effective altruism community have argued that interventions aimed at increasing happiness may be more cost-effective than global poverty interventions.[3]

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  1. ^

    Vigo, Daniel, Graham Thornicroft & Rifat Atun (2016) Estimating the true global burden of mental illness, The Lancet Psychiatry, vol. 3, pp. 171–178.

  2. ^

    Snowden, James & Konstantin Sietzy (2016) Mental health, Giving What We Can, February 8.

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    Plant, Michael (2016) Is effective altruism overlooking human happiness and mental health? I argue it is, Effective Altruism Forum, June 22.

Prob­lem area re­port: men­tal health

CaitlinWalkerMay 20, 2021, 11:20 AM
77 points
10 comments3 min readEA link

Founders Pledge Re­port: Psychedelic-As­sisted Men­tal Health Treatments

AidanGothSep 30, 2020, 1:28 PM
59 points
19 comments4 min readEA link
(founderspledge.com)

AMA: Tim Fer­riss, Michael Pol­lan, and Dr. Matthew W. John­son on psychedelics re­search and philanthropy

Aaron Gertler 🔸May 13, 2021, 5:48 PM
149 points
181 comments3 min readEA link

Vida Plena: Trans­form­ing Men­tal Health in Ecuador—First Year Up­dates and Marginal Fund­ing Op­por­tu­nity

Joy BittnerNov 19, 2023, 2:49 AM
76 points
4 comments9 min readEA link

HLI’s Men­tal Health Pro­gramme Eval­u­a­tion Pro­ject—Up­date on the First Round of Evaluation

Jasper SynowskiJun 10, 2020, 4:45 PM
59 points
9 comments7 min readEA link

Effec­tive al­tru­ism’s odd at­ti­tude to men­tal health

MichaelPlantApr 29, 2022, 8:57 AM
103 points
25 comments2 min readEA link

Treat­ing Cluster Headaches Us­ing N,N-DMT and Other Tryptamines

qfrerichsAug 6, 2019, 5:02 AM
43 points
3 comments9 min readEA link

Ap­ply now: Get “un­stuck” with the New IFS Self-Care Fel­low­ship Program

IngaJul 15, 2024, 1:02 PM
44 points
1 comment8 min readEA link

Cash prizes for the best ar­gu­ments against psychedelics be­ing an EA cause area

Milan GriffesMay 10, 2019, 6:13 PM
51 points
123 comments13 min readEA link

Us­ing Ibo­gaine to Create Friendlier Opioids

qfrerichsAug 6, 2019, 9:31 PM
27 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Talk­ing through de­pres­sion: The cost-effec­tive­ness of psy­chother­apy in LMICs, re­vised and expanded

JoelMcGuireNov 27, 2023, 11:08 PM
72 points
34 comments4 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

Affec­tive fore­cast­ing: The challenge of pre­dict­ing fu­ture feel­ings and the im­pli­ca­tions for global pri­ori­ties research

Matt Coleman🔹Feb 17, 2022, 8:36 PM
57 points
3 comments20 min readEA link

Eval­u­at­ing StrongMinds: how strong is the ev­i­dence?

JoelMcGuireJan 19, 2023, 12:12 AM
118 points
53 comments5 min readEA link

Can Re­think Wel­lbe­ing ri­val GiveWell’s Top Char­i­ties? First Year Up­date

IngaNov 22, 2023, 8:27 AM
73 points
9 comments9 min readEA link

£50k for bold/​novel/​weird ideas to ac­cel­er­ate men­tal health research

Barry GrimesJun 23, 2023, 1:23 PM
30 points
1 comment3 min readEA link
(www.mqmentalhealth.org)

[Linkpost] World Men­tal Health Re­port: Trans­form­ing Men­tal Health for All

Barry GrimesJun 17, 2022, 2:49 PM
14 points
5 comments1 min readEA link
(www.who.int)

I’m join­ing Kaya Guides be­cause I think we can make psy­chother­apy 5 times cheaper

huwNov 18, 2024, 6:00 AM
65 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Over­come: Growth and Marginal Cost-Effec­tive­ness Data

John SalterNov 18, 2024, 11:20 AM
44 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing the launch of the Hap­pier Lives Institute

MichaelPlantJun 19, 2019, 3:40 PM
133 points
44 comments4 min readEA link

EA read­ing list: global de­vel­op­ment and men­tal health

richard_ngoAug 3, 2020, 11:53 AM
17 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Five New EA Char­i­ties with High Po­ten­tial for Impact

Joey🔸Oct 14, 2020, 12:15 PM
132 points
14 comments6 min readEA link

Jasper Synowski and Clare Don­ald­son: Iden­ti­fy­ing the most cost-effec­tive pro­grammes to im­prove men­tal health

EA GlobalAug 21, 2020, 9:36 PM
15 points
0 comments16 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

The effect of cash trans­fers on sub­jec­tive well-be­ing and men­tal health

JoelMcGuireNov 20, 2020, 6:12 PM
71 points
9 comments6 min readEA link

Prob­lem Pro­file of Men­tal Health in the Philippines

Rika GabrielFeb 8, 2021, 4:29 AM
13 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Ca­reer guidance needed for a ca­reer re­search­ing psy­chol­ogy and helping build the EA move­ment further

Riya GuptaJul 11, 2023, 8:59 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Men­tal Health Shal­low Review

ElizabethNov 20, 2017, 6:34 PM
49 points
29 comments10 min readEA link

How the CBT Lab Am­plifies Effec­tive Altru­ists’ Impact

carysjNov 13, 2024, 7:31 PM
19 points
1 comment6 min readEA link

Sleep: effec­tive ways to im­prove it

Ben WilliamsonNov 15, 2021, 2:42 PM
141 points
61 comments12 min readEA link

In­tro­duc­ing the Men­tal Health Roadmap Series

EmilyApr 11, 2023, 10:26 PM
18 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

Effec­tive Self-Help—A guide to im­prov­ing your sub­jec­tive wellbeing

Raphaël_PesahMay 15, 2023, 9:14 AM
128 points
7 comments52 min readEA link

How to in­crease EAs pro­duc­tive hours by up to 35%

IngaNov 28, 2023, 2:49 PM
18 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Un­der­in­vest­ment at the top: what I dis­cov­ered coach­ing a dozen EA leaders

TeeApr 1, 2022, 12:36 PM
102 points
19 comments36 min readEA link

Vida Plena’s 2023 Im­pact Re­port: Mea­sur­ing Progress and Look­ing Ahead

Vida PlenaJul 23, 2024, 12:24 PM
69 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

StrongMinds should not be a top-rated char­ity (yet)

Simon_MDec 27, 2022, 11:53 PM
334 points
129 comments6 min readEA link
(simonm.substack.com)

Up­date from the Hap­pier Lives Institute

ClareDonaldsonApr 30, 2020, 3:04 PM
83 points
5 comments7 min readEA link

Why I don’t agree with HLI’s es­ti­mate of house­hold spillovers from therapy

James Snowden🔸Feb 24, 2023, 6:18 PM
319 points
9 comments5 min readEA link

Why Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship is Re­search­ing Men­tal Health and Hap­piness

GeorgeBridgwaterFeb 17, 2020, 8:51 AM
32 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Re­duc­ing night­mares as a cause area

Drew HousmanJul 18, 2022, 8:29 PM
159 points
45 comments2 min readEA link

Pre­sent­ing ACTRA: Prevent­ing Crime through a Scal­able Group Ther­apy In­ter­ven­tion in Latin America

Henning PetersNov 14, 2024, 10:13 AM
51 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Donat­ing money, buy­ing hap­piness: new meta-analy­ses com­par­ing the cost-effec­tive­ness of cash trans­fers and psy­chother­apy in terms of sub­jec­tive well-being

MichaelPlantOct 25, 2021, 3:38 PM
153 points
46 comments18 min readEA link

Sub­mit a chap­ter pro­posal for the 2025 World Hap­piness Report

Barry GrimesMay 9, 2024, 9:14 AM
34 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(worldhappiness.report)

Re­sources On Men­tal Health And Find­ing A Therapist

lynettebyeFeb 22, 2021, 3:31 AM
101 points
9 comments5 min readEA link

Some Ob­ser­va­tions on Alcoholism

Devin KalishJul 8, 2023, 1:34 AM
134 points
15 comments6 min readEA link
(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

New Meta-Anal­y­sis: Ex­er­cise is a Highly Effec­tive (But Ne­glected) Treat­ment for Depression

Frans van HoekDec 12, 2023, 7:08 PM
10 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

2020 Top Char­ity Ideas—Char­ity Entrepreneurship

KarolinaSarek🔸Aug 18, 2020, 2:37 PM
85 points
6 comments16 min readEA link

Book Re­view: Lost Connections

Sam EnrightJul 20, 2021, 3:20 PM
15 points
0 comments15 min readEA link

Up­dates from the Men­tal Health Fun­der’s Circle

wtroyFeb 24, 2023, 7:42 PM
67 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

MHFC Spring Grants Round

wtroyJun 29, 2023, 9:58 PM
103 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Why SoGive is pub­lish­ing an in­de­pen­dent eval­u­a­tion of StrongMinds

ishaanMar 17, 2023, 10:46 PM
100 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

Health and hap­piness re­search top­ics—Part 1: Back­ground on QALYs and DALYs

DerekDec 9, 2020, 12:38 AM
126 points
8 comments61 min readEA link

Un­der­stand­ing the two most com­mon men­tal health prob­lems in the world

spencergJul 6, 2023, 2:06 PM
35 points
5 comments7 min readEA link
(www.clearerthinking.org)

Fa­cil­i­tate an Men­tal Re­silience Group – Vol­un­teer Op­por­tu­nity 5h/​week in 2024 to Boost Your Im­pact (10 weeks)

IngaJul 21, 2023, 4:48 PM
36 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Michael Plant: What are the best ways to im­prove world hap­piness?

EA GlobalNov 3, 2017, 7:43 AM
9 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Floors and Ceilings, Frame­works and Feel­ings: SoGive’s Im­pact Anal­y­sis Toolkit for Eval­u­at­ing StrongMinds

ishaanApr 15, 2023, 9:41 AM
53 points
0 comments20 min readEA link

StrongMinds (4 of 9) - Psy­chother­apy’s im­pact may be shorter lived than pre­vi­ously es­ti­mated

ishaanDec 13, 2023, 4:15 AM
62 points
1 comment24 min readEA link

Health and hap­piness re­search top­ics—Part 2: The HALY+: Im­prov­ing prefer­ence-based health metrics

DerekJan 3, 2021, 3:08 PM
56 points
3 comments73 min readEA link

[Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Prizes] Why we should work on pre­vent­ing suicide

Lydia FieldAug 11, 2022, 10:50 AM
28 points
3 comments17 min readEA link

Top Idea Re­ports from the EA Philip­pines Men­tal Health Char­ity Ideas Re­search Project

Shen JavierMay 24, 2023, 10:30 AM
43 points
4 comments6 min readEA link

How I solved my prob­lems with low en­ergy (or: burnout)

LuiseMay 24, 2023, 9:15 PM
135 points
18 comments14 min readEA link

How big are tele­health mar­kets? A Bet­terHelp case study

huwAug 12, 2024, 1:03 AM
21 points
5 comments8 min readEA link

Ther­apy with­out a ther­a­pist: Why un­guided self-help might be a bet­ter in­ter­ven­tion than guided

huwApr 8, 2024, 6:01 AM
75 points
14 comments24 min readEA link

Vida Plena Pre­dic­tive Cost-Effec­tive­ness Analysis

Samuel DupretDec 26, 2022, 5:43 AM
48 points
2 comments12 min readEA link

Stress—effec­tive ways to re­duce it

Ben WilliamsonDec 21, 2021, 2:50 PM
78 points
22 comments11 min readEA link

Do­ing Good Badly? - Michael Plant’s the­sis, Chap­ters 5,6 on Cause Pri­ori­ti­za­tion

EdoAradMar 4, 2021, 4:57 PM
75 points
16 comments7 min readEA link

[Question] Why isn’t GV psychedelics grant­mak­ing housed un­der Open Phil?

Milan GriffesMay 5, 2019, 5:10 PM
17 points
17 comments1 min readEA link

Assess­ment of Hap­pier Lives In­sti­tute’s Cost-Effec­tive­ness Anal­y­sis of StrongMinds

GiveWellMar 22, 2023, 5:04 PM
242 points
57 comments23 min readEA link
(www.givewell.org)

De­brief: “cash prizes for the best ar­gu­ments against psychedelics”

Milan GriffesJul 14, 2019, 5:04 PM
47 points
20 comments3 min readEA link

Shal­low in­ves­ti­ga­tion: Loneliness

EmFeb 6, 2023, 5:20 PM
152 points
14 comments30 min readEA link

Kaya Guides- Marginal Fund­ing for Tech-En­abled Men­tal Health in LMICs

RachelAbbottNov 26, 2023, 8:05 AM
79 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

Many ther­apy schools work with in­ner mul­ti­plic­ity (not just IFS)

David_AlthausSep 17, 2022, 10:27 AM
100 points
12 comments18 min readEA link

[Feed­back Re­quest] Prob­lem Pro­file of Men­tal Health in the Philippines

Rika GabrielDec 20, 2020, 8:04 AM
33 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing Vida Plena: the first Latin Amer­i­can or­ga­ni­za­tion in­cu­bated by Char­ity Entrepreneurship

Joy BittnerDec 26, 2022, 5:41 AM
166 points
6 comments11 min readEA link

Men­tal Health in the United Arab Emirates

ea nyuadMay 30, 2022, 3:53 PM
28 points
0 comments10 min readEA link

Launch­ing a donor cir­cle for men­tal health

Joey🔸Jun 24, 2022, 2:44 PM
114 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

[Link] Philan­thropy, psychedelics and effec­tive altruism

andzuckMay 22, 2019, 5:54 AM
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Seek­ing Ap­pli­cants and Fun­ders for the MHFC Spring Round

wtroyFeb 16, 2024, 9:55 PM
23 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Pre­sent­ing: 2022 In­cu­bated Char­i­ties (Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship)

KarolinaSarek🔸Dec 8, 2022, 6:12 PM
293 points
9 comments7 min readEA link

Anti-trib­al­ism and pos­i­tive men­tal health as high-value cause areas

Kaj_SotalaOct 17, 2017, 11:10 AM
31 points
31 comments2 min readEA link

In­ter­gen­er­a­tional trauma im­ped­ing co­op­er­a­tive ex­is­ten­tial safety efforts

Andrew CritchJun 3, 2022, 5:27 PM
82 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

In­tro­duc­ing the Effec­tive Altru­ism Ad­dic­tion Re­cov­ery Group

Devin KalishJul 19, 2023, 10:54 PM
35 points
8 comments2 min readEA link

Men­tal Health Re­port (CEARCH) [Ex­ec­u­tive Sum­mary]

Stan PinsentJan 17, 2024, 3:16 PM
41 points
5 comments5 min readEA link

My ex­pe­rience ex­per­i­ment­ing with a bunch of an­tide­pres­sants I’d never heard of

Luisa_RodriguezOct 19, 2022, 5:35 PM
244 points
50 comments9 min readEA link

ESH—A guide to form­ing habits you’ll keep

Ben WilliamsonMar 8, 2022, 9:49 AM
38 points
3 comments12 min readEA link

[Draft Amnesty Week] Ap­pen­dices: “Some Ob­ser­va­tions on Al­co­holism”

Devin KalishMar 11, 2024, 10:24 AM
18 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

StrongMinds (6 of 9): Or­gani­sa­tion-spe­cific factors

ishaanMar 20, 2024, 3:39 AM
13 points
6 comments22 min readEA link

Pri­ori­tiz­ing Men­tal Health: A Call to Ac­tion for the Effec­tive Altru­ism Community

MichaelRipaJul 26, 2024, 12:43 PM
16 points
0 comments9 min readEA link

[Question] Shifts in sub­jec­tive well-be­ing scales?

Milan GriffesAug 18, 2020, 6:27 PM
31 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

Sex work as part of men­tal health and wellbe­ing ser­vices

Mary Mar 3, 2022, 5:59 AM
48 points
9 comments2 min readEA link

[Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Prizes] Men­tal health di­ag­nos­tic system

EmmiPosioAug 23, 2022, 11:38 AM
12 points
0 comments9 min readEA link

Coun­ter­pro­duc­tive EA men­tal health ad­vice (and what to say in­stead)

Ada-Maaria HyvärinenOct 10, 2022, 4:20 PM
56 points
8 comments6 min readEA link

Aiming for the min­i­mum of self-care is dangerous

Tessa A 🔸Dec 9, 2021, 9:27 PM
230 points
32 comments6 min readEA link

Altru­ism Coach

raypsydOct 2, 2019, 9:12 PM
62 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Par­ti­ci­pa­tory Learn­ing and Ac­tion (PLA) groups for ma­ter­nal and new­born health—AIM top idea 2024

CEApr 5, 2024, 11:42 AM
12 points
1 comment50 min readEA link

[Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Prizes] Ex­pand Ac­cess to ADHD Treat­ment and Fund more Research

DeeptiBoddapatiAug 31, 2022, 7:15 PM
18 points
1 comment30 min readEA link

Ap­pli­ca­tions Open: Ele­vate Your Men­tal Wel­lbe­ing with Re­think Wel­lbe­ing’s CBT Program

IngaApr 7, 2024, 2:03 PM
67 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

Al­most Appx.: Con­tra Ozy Bren­nan on Sex Addiction

Devin KalishApr 16, 2024, 3:41 AM
9 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

Off Road: Pro­ce­du­ral Ex­ec­u­tive Func­tion, Part 1

Daystar EldJul 4, 2022, 6:50 PM
29 points
0 comments13 min readEA link
(daystareld.com)

Appx. B: Meet the Meetings

Devin KalishApr 15, 2024, 3:37 AM
7 points
0 comments10 min readEA link

The com­mu­nity health team’s work on in­ter­per­sonal harm in the com­mu­nity

Julia_Wise🔸Aug 19, 2022, 2:58 AM
276 points
16 comments9 min readEA link

[Linkpost] Alex­ithymia — The Most Over­looked Emo­tional Health Problem

Misha_YagudinJul 15, 2023, 10:41 PM
21 points
6 comments1 min readEA link
(animi.notion.site)

Appx. C: Weed, and the Shal­low­ness of Withdrawal

Devin KalishApr 15, 2024, 3:44 AM
18 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Demo Video: Sneak-Peek Into the Wel­lbe­ing Sup­port Pro­gram for Am­bi­tious Altruists

IngaApr 17, 2024, 1:41 PM
20 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Leah Utya­sheva: Prevent­ing deaths from pes­ti­cide self-poisoning

EA GlobalNov 3, 2017, 7:43 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Cause pro­file: men­tal health

MichaelPlantDec 31, 2018, 12:09 PM
147 points
31 comments24 min readEA link

An eval­u­a­tion of Mind Ease, an anti-anx­iety app

Hauke HillebrandtJul 26, 2021, 11:35 AM
70 points
6 comments5 min readEA link

An overview of promis­ing men­tal health interventions

Stan PinsentJan 17, 2024, 3:14 PM
53 points
5 comments41 min readEA link

Goals of the EA Men­tal Health Nav­i­ga­tor Ser­vice for the next 6 months (look­ing for vol­un­teers!)

EmilyNov 30, 2021, 1:09 PM
34 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Ex­pe­rienced with Dona­tion-Based Fundrais­ing? Help Us to Im­prove Men­tal Wel­lbe­ing at Scale

John DrummondOct 17, 2023, 4:51 PM
8 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Self-Care: Use Cut­ting Edge Psy­chother­a­peu­tic Meth­ods (CBT, IFS) with a Matched Buddy or Sup­port-Group

IngaMay 22, 2024, 12:44 PM
32 points
8 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Pros/​cons of fund­ing more re­search on whether psychedelics in­crease al­tru­ism?

nonzerosumJun 21, 2019, 11:07 PM
11 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Psychedelics Normalization

andzuckApr 26, 2019, 2:50 AM
53 points
26 comments1 min readEA link

[Link] How to con­tribute to the psychedelics ecosystem

John_MaxwellSep 28, 2019, 1:55 AM
10 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Friend­ship For­ever (new EA cause area?)

rogersbacon1Nov 15, 2022, 4:51 PM
91 points
14 comments13 min readEA link
(www.secretorum.life)

[Question] How do we cre­ate a cul­ture of am­bi­tion with­out de­te­ri­o­rat­ing the com­mu­nity’s men­tal health?

Max GörlitzApr 30, 2022, 7:50 AM
72 points
10 comments2 min readEA link

8 Counter-In­tu­itive Con­sid­er­a­tions for Psy­chother­apy Interventions

John SalterNov 11, 2024, 10:53 AM
75 points
7 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] Re­sources around shame and striv­ing and EA

Nathan YoungOct 12, 2021, 9:11 AM
28 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Is CBT effec­tive for poor house­holds? Two re­cent pa­pers (eval­u­ated by The Un­jour­nal) with con­trast­ing results

david_reinsteinApr 17, 2023, 8:46 PM
38 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(unjournal.pubpub.org)

Against Loneli­ness: Cause Exploration

ColdButtonIssuesAug 10, 2022, 2:17 AM
20 points
4 comments11 min readEA link

Blame­wor­thi­ness for Avoid­able Psy­cholog­i­cal Harms

Cullen 🔸Feb 9, 2021, 2:46 AM
38 points
13 comments9 min readEA link

What Is Most Im­por­tant For Your Pro­duc­tivity?

lynettebyeJun 13, 2022, 5:12 PM
77 points
5 comments9 min readEA link

[Question] Recom­mend Us Use­ful Re­sources on Men­tal Health

tereziekosikJan 14, 2022, 4:06 PM
24 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

TIO: A men­tal health chatbot

SanjayOct 12, 2020, 8:52 PM
25 points
6 comments28 min readEA link

OPIS ini­ti­a­tive on ac­cess to psilo­cy­bin for cluster headaches

jonleightonSep 10, 2020, 8:22 AM
61 points
5 comments3 min readEA link

“Arc­tic In­stincts? The uni­ver­sal prin­ci­ples of Arc­tic psy­cholog­i­cal adap­ta­tion and the ori­gins of East Asian psy­chol­ogy”—Call for Re­view­ers (Seeds of Science)

rogersbacon1Feb 16, 2024, 3:28 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Kaya Guides Pilot Results

RachelAbbottJun 16, 2024, 7:40 AM
126 points
21 comments15 min readEA link

RFP for High-Im­pact Men­tal Health Projects

wtroyAug 15, 2024, 2:35 PM
26 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

MHFC Fall ’23 Grants Round

wtroyDec 22, 2023, 9:57 PM
36 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

StrongMinds (5 of 9) - De­pres­sion’s Mo­ral Weight

ishaanDec 24, 2023, 11:51 AM
26 points
3 comments15 min readEA link

9 (com­par­a­tively) ne­glected prin­ci­ples for men­tal health/​ther­apy?

Heartbreak TunaSep 5, 2024, 4:21 PM
2 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

Men­tal ill­ness is grow­ing as a pro­por­tion of the global dis­ease burden

Stan PinsentJan 17, 2024, 3:16 PM
14 points
0 comments15 min readEA link

Med­i­cal As­sis­tance in Dy­ing for the Men­tally Ill as a Cause Area for Nega­tive Utilitarians

anonymous throwawayApr 1, 2024, 8:04 AM
19 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

Appx. E: The In­con­so­la­tion of Philos­o­phy, and Be­ing a Grown Child

Devin KalishApr 15, 2024, 7:52 PM
5 points
1 comment9 min readEA link

Appx. D: Kratom Mythol­ogy, and a Gen­er­ous Scoop of Footnotes

Devin KalishApr 15, 2024, 7:44 PM
10 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

Appx. F: My Turn Against Alcohol

Devin KalishApr 16, 2024, 3:31 AM
15 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

MHFC Spring ’24 Grants

wtroyJul 4, 2024, 12:46 AM
54 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] What’s the ev­i­dence for and against mod­ern psy­chi­a­try?

MarisaApr 17, 2024, 9:43 PM
13 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

A Ne­glected Cri­sis: Peri­na­tal Men­tal Ill­ness in LMICs

Stan PinsentMay 8, 2024, 4:01 PM
28 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Does a DALY ap­proach un­der­rate the bad­ness of men­tal ill­ness?

Stan PinsentJan 17, 2024, 3:17 PM
10 points
3 comments12 min readEA link

EA Men­tal Health pod­cast from the Flour­ish­ing Minds Fund

Dave Cortright 🔸May 29, 2024, 5:40 PM
10 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

A Pro­posal For An EA Young Pro­fes­sion­als Group

Kenneth_DiaoDec 19, 2024, 7:10 PM
18 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing RISE: A Com­mu­nity-Cen­tered Wel­lbe­ing & Growth Plat­form for EAs

Gidi KadoshJan 5, 2025, 2:54 PM
94 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion: Sup­port for Men­tal Health Carers

Yuval ShapiraMar 14, 2023, 8:04 PM
30 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

EA is bad for men­tal health (and I’m tired of pre­tend­ing it’s not)

VictorWOct 31, 2024, 2:58 PM
21 points
24 comments21 min readEA link

Im­poster syn­drome is not always irrational

VictorWJan 30, 2025, 1:24 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(open.substack.com)

Every­one De­serves to Flour­ish in Life: Vida Plena Helps Peo­ple Do Just That

Vida PlenaNov 13, 2024, 4:07 AM
66 points
12 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] What are the best available stud­ies on the effects of smart­phone/​in­sta­gram/​face­book/​tik­tok/​etc use on hu­mans, speci­fi­cally chil­dren?

Charlie_GuthmannNov 26, 2024, 5:29 AM
12 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

You are not too “ir­ra­tional” to know your prefer­ences.

Daystar EldNov 26, 2024, 3:01 PM
73 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Re­think Wel­lbe­ing’s Year 2 Up­date: Foster Sus­tain­able High Perfor­mance for Am­bi­tious Altru­ists

IngaDec 8, 2024, 2:32 PM
45 points
0 comments12 min readEA link

Map­ping the EA Psy­chol­ogy/​Men­tal Health Space

Mark RootenbergDec 3, 2024, 1:43 PM
42 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

High-Im­pact Psy­chol­ogy (HIPsy): Pilot­ing a Global Network

IngaSep 29, 2022, 1:08 PM
113 points
5 comments5 min readEA link

Let us know how psy­chol­ogy can help in­crease your impact

IngaOct 21, 2022, 10:32 AM
30 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Paper is pub­lished! 100,000 lu­mens to treat sea­sonal af­fec­tive di­s­or­der

FabienneAug 20, 2022, 7:44 PM
49 points
4 comments1 min readEA link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Cog­ni­tive Risks of Ado­les­cent Binge Drinking

ElizabethJul 26, 2022, 5:09 PM
25 points
2 comments10 min readEA link
(acesounderglass.com)

Do you have im­pos­tor syn­drome?

Vasco Grilo🔸May 8, 2022, 11:23 AM
18 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is there any­one work­ing full-time on helping EAs ad­dress men­tal health prob­lems?

richard_ngoNov 1, 2021, 3:42 AM
34 points
21 comments1 min readEA link

Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship’s 2020 re­search plans

KarolinaSarek🔸Apr 3, 2020, 3:33 AM
55 points
3 comments7 min readEA link

How of­ten does One Per­son suc­ceed?

Maynk02Oct 28, 2022, 7:32 PM
6 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

So­cial Re­la­tion­ships: A Ne­glected Fac­tor in Wellbeing

Minh NguyenAug 11, 2022, 4:15 PM
32 points
2 comments12 min readEA link

A men­tal health re­source for EA community

Julia_Wise🔸May 6, 2017, 2:07 AM
38 points
19 comments7 min readEA link

R&D for Chem­i­cally Im­prov­ing Wel­lbe­ing in Healthy Population

Jonathan GilatAug 28, 2022, 4:59 AM
23 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

LW4EA: How to Be Happy

JeremyMay 31, 2022, 10:42 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

[Question] What are pres­ti­gious psy­chi­a­try de­part­ments?

SamMummNov 14, 2022, 11:13 AM
11 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

Hav­ing a suc­cess­ful ca­reer with de­pres­sion, anx­iety and im­poster syndrome

80000_HoursMay 19, 2021, 8:31 PM
13 points
0 comments131 min readEA link

If you fail, you will still be loved and can be happy; a love let­ter to all EAs

howdoyousay?Jul 24, 2022, 10:09 AM
70 points
7 comments5 min readEA link

This World Men­tal Health Day, let’s back up words with in­vest­ment.

StrongMindsOct 10, 2022, 3:47 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

De­pres­sion and psychedelics—an anony­mous blog proposal

anonEAmouseJun 22, 2022, 2:21 PM
24 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

Sasha Chapin on bad so­cial norms in EA

Charlie Rogers-SmithNov 18, 2021, 12:18 PM
51 points
22 comments5 min readEA link

SBF x LoL

Nicholas / Heather KrossNov 15, 2022, 8:24 PM
−1 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

EA Men­tal Health Care Nav­i­ga­tor Pilot

Danica_WilbanksOct 31, 2019, 4:47 AM
47 points
5 comments6 min readEA link

[Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Prizes] Re­duc­ing global child­hood sex­ual abuse

Thomas_ReillyAug 24, 2022, 10:55 AM
17 points
0 comments22 min readEA link

A Men­tal Health Pod­cast Directory

Ben WilliamsonNov 22, 2021, 8:59 PM
34 points
5 comments16 min readEA link

Off Road: In­ter­views with EA Col­lege Dropouts

Daystar EldApr 5, 2022, 2:53 AM
31 points
5 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] What’s the most effec­tive or­gani­sa­tion that deals with men­tal health as an is­sue?

richoAug 19, 2019, 6:59 PM
12 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

EA Sur­vey 2020: Cause Prioritization

David_MossJul 29, 2021, 6:06 PM
100 points
13 comments4 min readEA link

Per­sonal health is in­stru­men­tal to be­ing effective

Ryan KiddFeb 16, 2022, 8:31 PM
36 points
2 comments6 min readEA link

More to ex­plore on ‘Differ­ences in Im­pact’

EA HandbookJul 3, 2022, 11:00 PM
18 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

De­moc­ra­tiz­ing the work­place as a cause area

Bob Jacobs 🔸Nov 26, 2022, 6:31 PM
38 points
19 comments8 min readEA link

Hap­piness for the whole house­hold: ac­count­ing for house­hold spillovers when com­par­ing the cost-effec­tive­ness of psy­chother­apy to cash trans­fers

JoelMcGuireApr 14, 2022, 8:05 PM
51 points
1 comment3 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

David Pearce: Abo­li­tion­ist bioethics

EA GlobalAug 28, 2015, 4:14 PM
17 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Mis­sion-cor­re­lated in­vest­ing: Ex­am­ples of mis­sion hedg­ing and ‘lev­er­ag­ing’

jhMar 11, 2022, 9:33 AM
25 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

The ‘In­ter­nal Fam­ily Sys­tems (IFS)’ Ther­apy Model. So­ciolog­i­cal, and psy­cholog­i­cal po­ten­tials.

PenguinoJun 14, 2022, 10:01 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

You are prob­a­bly un­der­es­ti­mat­ing how good self-love can be

Charlie Rogers-SmithNov 14, 2021, 2:47 PM
141 points
11 comments12 min readEA link

LW4EA: Sab­bath hard and go home

JeremyJun 7, 2022, 2:46 AM
10 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

A Con­ver­sa­tion with Daniel Kahneman

Barry GrimesJul 22, 2022, 2:29 PM
29 points
0 comments14 min readEA link

Cost Effec­tive­ness of Mind­ful­ness Based Stress Reduction

ElizabethNov 30, 2017, 7:04 PM
13 points
8 comments3 min readEA link

New cause area: Im­prov­ing di­ag­no­sis and treat­ment of bipo­lar spec­trum disorders

Karolina SoltysAug 12, 2022, 9:08 AM
39 points
13 comments22 min readEA link

How to Choose the Op­ti­mal Med­i­ta­tion Practice

oliverbramfordMar 18, 2022, 5:11 PM
19 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

Effec­tive­ness of Med­i­cal Trails and Dona­tions

julian196Nov 15, 2022, 3:17 PM
5 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Notes on sup­port­ing Hap­pier Lives Institute

Pawel SysiakOct 6, 2022, 1:01 PM
20 points
2 comments6 min readEA link

For the men­tal health of those af­fected by the FTX crisis...

Daystar EldNov 11, 2022, 10:04 AM
122 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Mea­sur­ing Good Better

Barry GrimesSep 20, 2022, 3:06 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

EARa­dio In­ter­view: Could treat­ing de­pres­sion be a top in­ter­ven­tion?

PeterSep 1, 2022, 10:31 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.earad.io)

In­tro­duc­ing Effec­tive Self-Help

Ben WilliamsonJan 6, 2022, 1:11 PM
111 points
18 comments21 min readEA link

2022 Men­tal Health Nav­i­ga­tor Progress Report

EmilyApr 16, 2022, 2:02 PM
12 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

High Time For Drug Policy Re­form. Part 2/​4: Six Ways It Could Do Good And An­ti­ci­pat­ing The Objections

MichaelPlantAug 10, 2017, 7:34 PM
16 points
15 comments28 min readEA link

Sur­vey to Pro­mote EA Men­tal Health

Danica_WilbanksMar 13, 2019, 1:01 AM
35 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

[Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Prizes] Ad­verse Child­hood Experiences

tmadonAug 31, 2022, 7:22 PM
14 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

2021 EA Men­tal Health Sur­vey Results

EmilyMay 2, 2022, 6:00 PM
49 points
7 comments26 min readEA link

Med­i­ta­tions on Caring

Max GörlitzNov 29, 2021, 7:12 PM
37 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

Public Health Research

Michael_2358 🔸Sep 10, 2021, 2:50 PM
10 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Mind Ease: a promis­ing new men­tal health intervention

PeterBrietbartOct 23, 2018, 5:34 PM
24 points
8 comments5 min readEA link

EA-Aligned Im­pact In­vest­ing: Mind Ease Case Study

Brendon_WongNov 15, 2021, 3:57 PM
71 points
25 comments18 min readEA link

Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion: Child and Ado­les­cent Men­tal Health in LMICs

Shen JavierAug 11, 2022, 1:48 PM
37 points
2 comments18 min readEA link

Do­ing good can­not be mea­sured in lives saved: the psy­cholog­i­cal value of community

Alex BergJul 24, 2022, 12:51 PM
11 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Men­tal Health Nav­i­ga­tor Updates

Danica_WilbanksNov 3, 2021, 3:04 AM
11 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Hap­piness course as a com­mu­nity build­ing ex­er­cise and men­tal health in­ter­ven­tion for EAs

FergusMay 11, 2022, 10:49 AM
15 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

E.A. Me­gapro­ject Ideas

Tomer_GoloboyMar 21, 2022, 1:23 AM
15 points
4 comments4 min readEA link

Effec­tive al­tru­ism in the gar­den of ends

tyleraltermanAug 31, 2022, 8:47 PM
289 points
45 comments23 min readEA link

Sym­pa­thec­tomies—The New Lobotomy

handoftheenemyAug 27, 2022, 8:28 AM
38 points
10 comments5 min readEA link

Ac­cep­tance and Com­mit­ment Ther­apy (ACT) 101

EvieSep 24, 2022, 7:07 PM
70 points
5 comments8 min readEA link

Is effec­tive al­tru­ism over­look­ing hu­man hap­piness and men­tal health? I ar­gue it is.

MichaelPlantJun 22, 2016, 3:29 PM
28 points
57 comments3 min readEA link

Re­place­abil­ity v. ‘Con­tex­tu­al­ized Wor­thi­ness’

TeeJul 27, 2022, 4:48 PM
9 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Challenges for EA Stu­dent Group Organizers

michelJul 26, 2022, 5:06 AM
26 points
4 comments6 min readEA link

EA Men­tal Health Sur­vey: Re­sults and Anal­y­sis.

NunoSempereJun 13, 2019, 7:55 PM
59 points
19 comments60 min readEA link

[Question] Are there groups of med­i­cal symp­toms that could be im­pact­ful to be turned into a spe­cific di­ag­no­sis? I learned that PTSD was cre­ated as a re­sult of lob­by­ing, pre­vi­ously it was just dis­parate symp­toms.

nonzerosumMay 16, 2019, 1:07 AM
9 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

The phrase “hard-core EAs” does more harm than good

HelenJan 4, 2022, 12:11 AM
59 points
11 comments3 min readEA link

On Sleep Pro­cras­ti­na­tion: Go­ing To Bed At A Rea­son­able Hour

emily.fanApr 16, 2021, 11:31 PM
47 points
9 comments8 min readEA link

Crowd­sourced Crit­i­cisms: What does EA think about EA?

HmashAug 8, 2022, 10:59 PM
32 points
19 comments13 min readEA link

“The Science of Well-Be­ing” on­line course from Yale

ellieAug 5, 2022, 10:38 PM
8 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Health and hap­piness re­search top­ics—Part 3: The sHALY: Devel­op­ing sub­jec­tive wellbe­ing-based health metrics

DerekDec 30, 2020, 3:27 PM
38 points
2 comments42 min readEA link

EA Slack Groups—Men­tal Health, SW Eng, En­trepreneurs (and more!)

Alex Barnes Nov 10, 2021, 3:35 AM
6 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing: Mind Ease ac­quires UpLift, two EA men­tal health apps merge

PeterBrietbartOct 27, 2021, 11:39 AM
68 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

Com­par­ing Four Cause Areas for Found­ing New Charities

Joey🔸Jan 24, 2020, 12:58 PM
39 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

In­som­nia with an EA lens: Big­ger than malaria?

samstowersMar 3, 2020, 11:05 PM
73 points
17 comments4 min readEA link

A bunch of rea­sons why you might have low en­ergy (or other vague health prob­lems) and what to do about it

LintzAJun 8, 2021, 6:58 PM
96 points
18 comments14 min readEA link

Men­tal Health Providers and Re­sources Listed on the Men­tal Health Nav­i­ga­tor Website

EmilyJan 9, 2023, 8:47 PM
43 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

New ver­sion of Men­tal Health Nav­i­ga­tor website

EmilyJan 8, 2023, 9:37 PM
22 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

Ju­nior Con­gres­sional Staffer look­ing for guidance

AffectiveEltruismJan 13, 2023, 5:48 PM
31 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Re­la­tion­ships & Men­tal Health

EmilyJul 2, 2023, 10:33 PM
6 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Men­tal Health Ca­reer Program

NoamShwartzFeb 9, 2023, 2:04 PM
37 points
4 comments9 min readEA link

Let’s talk about Im­pos­tor syn­drome in AI safety

Igor IvanovSep 22, 2023, 2:06 PM
4 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Tak­ing hap­piness se­ri­ously: Can we? Should we? Would it mat­ter if we did? A debate

MichaelPlantJun 28, 2023, 8:16 PM
57 points
1 comment27 min readEA link

No. Im­pend­ing AGI doesn’t make ev­ery­thing else unim­por­tant.

Igor IvanovSep 4, 2023, 6:56 PM
14 points
6 comments5 min readEA link

On­line Men­tal Wel­lbe­ing Com­mu­nity Man­ager: Vol­un­teer Op­por­tu­nity (5h/​week in 2023)

John DrummondSep 5, 2023, 9:38 AM
10 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] I’m in­ter­view­ing au­thor of ‘Good Rea­sons for Bad Feel­ings’, Randy Nesse. What should I ask him?

Robert_WiblinNov 3, 2023, 6:37 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Mind Ease: Pivot­ing to Help Peo­ple with Panic Attacks

Marta_KrzeminskaJul 19, 2023, 3:04 PM
13 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

From Vi­sion to Real­ity: Vida Plena’s Pilot Results

Joy BittnerJul 19, 2023, 11:16 AM
94 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Men­tal Health Nav­i­ga­tor Update

EmilySep 5, 2023, 7:43 PM
23 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

The men­tal health challenges that come with try­ing to have a big im­pact (Han­nah Boettcher on the 80k After Hours Pod­cast)

80000_HoursJul 19, 2023, 6:44 PM
59 points
10 comments8 min readEA link

About ‘sub­jec­tive’ wellbe­ing and cost-effec­tive­ness anal­y­sis in men­tal health

LondonGalJul 30, 2023, 1:39 PM
74 points
14 comments41 min readEA link

Coach­ing match­mak­ing is now open: in­vest in com­mu­nity well­ness by in­vest­ing in yourself

TeeJul 17, 2023, 11:17 AM
39 points
0 comments20 min readEA link

6 non-ob­vi­ous men­tal health is­sues spe­cific to AI safety

Igor IvanovAug 18, 2023, 3:47 PM
35 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Pilot Re­sults: High-Im­pact Psy­chol­ogy/​ Men­tal Health (HIPsy)

IngaSep 7, 2023, 12:27 PM
41 points
4 comments8 min readEA link

MHFC Fall Grants Round

wtroySep 7, 2023, 3:55 PM
43 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Self-guided men­tal health apps aren’t cost-effec­tive… yet

huwFeb 8, 2024, 4:45 AM
28 points
7 comments11 min readEA link
(observablehq.com)

One EA’s Per­spec­tive on Depression

Dave Cortright 🔸Apr 1, 2023, 5:18 AM
19 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

What Are Dreams Worth?

Hans GundlachMay 14, 2023, 7:06 AM
19 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

You’re an ex­pe­rienced data sci­en­tist or pro­gram­mer? Help to im­prove wellbe­ing at scale.

IngaApr 11, 2023, 1:12 PM
32 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

Rewrit­ing My Mind­set: My Ex­pe­rience with CBT for Perfectionism

lynettebyeApr 6, 2023, 3:54 PM
50 points
5 comments10 min readEA link

An ap­peal to peo­ple who are smarter than me: please help me clar­ify my think­ing about AI

bethhwAug 5, 2023, 4:38 PM
42 points
21 comments3 min readEA link

#174 – Neu­rotech­nol­ogy already be­ing used to con­vict crim­i­nals and ma­nipu­late work­ers (Nita Fara­hany on the 80,000 Hours Pod­cast)

80000_HoursDec 12, 2023, 2:07 PM
26 points
0 comments16 min readEA link

Dis­cov­er­ing Men­tal Health

EmilyMay 14, 2023, 4:49 PM
5 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

What’s the effect size of ther­apy? (StrongMinds 3 of 9)

ishaanDec 8, 2023, 8:34 AM
57 points
0 comments52 min readEA link

Should we in­vest more in sup­port­ing al­tru­ists to be at their best? (Men­tal health + pro­duc­tivity)

SebastianSchmidtOct 13, 2023, 8:42 AM
29 points
4 comments16 min readEA link

2023 EA Men­tal Health & Pro­duc­tivity Sur­vey Results

EmilyJul 4, 2023, 8:37 PM
64 points
3 comments19 min readEA link

Could In­ten­tional Liv­ing (as a cause area) be an EA Blind Spot?

yanni kyriacosJun 11, 2023, 1:38 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Best Meth­ods for My Prob­lem Areas

Cole123Aug 12, 2023, 3:22 PM
3 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Should I train to be­come a me­di­a­tor for the EA ecosys­tem?

SeverinAug 14, 2023, 2:39 AM
33 points
13 comments2 min readEA link

#179 – Why evolu­tion left us so vuln­er­a­ble to de­pres­sion and anx­iety (Randy Nesser on the 80,000 Hours Pod­cast)

80000_HoursFeb 14, 2024, 4:02 PM
12 points
0 comments16 min readEA link
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