Emily is a Trustee for Mental Health Navigator CIO, an organization also referred to as the Mental Health Navigator and MentNav. The organization was set up to connect EA community members to mental health providers, resources, and information, and it’s current website is https://www.mentnav.org/
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Thanks for your feedback Rasool! We’ll take it into consideration :)
Thanks for submitting a response and for your feedback Sebastian! We hope to publish the results by the end of May :)
Hi Max, thanks for your comment! Yes the domain was down while security features were being added. It took 48 hours per change for the changes to propagate. Sorry for the inconvenience. The domain’s back up and running now though! For future reference, you can always keep up with the status of our website via our LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/mentalhealthnavigator/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/mhnavigator), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mentalhealthnavigator/) pages :)
Thank you :)
Not at the moment, but there likely will be within the next month or two. We’re preparing a beta test at the moment :) Happy to chat with you about it however!
Thanks for your feedback Pat! We’re currently working on a different way to present the data, especially in anticipation of the list becoming larger, and will take your feedback into account.
Thanks for your feedback Sebastian! We’ll take it into account. We’re working with another organization to transition away from AirTable to a more user-friendly data base tool they’re building, but that is going to take some time. AirTable’s the best we have for now, but we are working on another solution :)
Fair fair, and I guess the cookies banner does block the social media bits. Looking at the traffic analytics for the website, and based on your’s and Matt’s feedback and the white x not working, I’ve decided to take down the Advisory Service Info banner. Thanks again for your feedback!
Thanks for your feedback, Matt! Great to hear you’ve already made use of the site :)
Hi Yonatan, thanks for your feedback! Yes both banners are intentional, and there is another banner about the Advisory Service on the Advisory Service page. I’ve put the banner in both places because we frequently receive enquiries about our Advisory Service and I wanted to bring attention to how to keep up with the Mental Health Navigator by mentioning our social media pages. If you click the white x, the banner will disappear and website will no longer be blurry :)
Thanks David! We’ve now fixed it :)
Hi Marie, the Mental Health Navigator and Rethink Wellbeing have set up something we hope will be able to serve as the support network you have indicated there is a need for here. More information is available here, as well some resources we hope people will find helpful: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/mRmehL6Yuu9SozjNs/give-and-get-mental-health-support-during-hard-times
Hi Luke, no, it’s not meant to require a Google Account login. Are you having trouble accessing the survey?
Hi Richard,
Yes! As Dicentra mentioned in her comment, there is an EA Mental Health Navigator Service, which was first launched in 2019 (more information available here). Danica Wilbanks recently (as in today, November 3rd) posted an update on the EA Mental Health Navigator Service, which is available here.
The EA Mental Health Navigator Service is meant to assist EAs with finding helpful mental health resources and accessing care. In October, the Navigator Service received a grant from the EA Infrastructure Fund to fund a part-time Project Manager and expand to become a global network of navigator volunteers, who help with both curating material for a publicly available databank of EA mental health resources and meeting with EA community members who might need some extra help finding mental health resources.
I’m the new Project Manager, and I’m hoping to greatly expand the service over the next 6 months. Starting this week, I’m recruiting volunteers who are skilled in either marketing or web design, as well as volunteers who are keen to either help with updating and continuing to build the resource databank or help out with providing consultations to EA community members. If you know of anyone who might be interested in volunteering, please do encourage them to reach out to me at ea.mh.navigator@gmail.com.
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Hi Sebastian! Sure thing! For both findings, they were findings that were not explicitly measured, but rather were provided as additional information by respondents, so please note that this is the case. That said:
6 people said they find it difficult to find therapists who accept the values of Effective Altruism or whom they can trust. For instance, they said it’s hard to find therapists who don’t tell them “I want to do as much good as possible” is pathologically wrong, and that their mental health providers are concerned about them getting lost in helping too much.
1 person said they’d be interested in seeing a therapist recommended by another community member, 3 people implied that they thought an EA-aligned therapist was necessary (due to non-EA-aligned therapists having concerns about their values being healthy or accepting their commitment to those values), 1 person said it was necessary (so not optimal, but a need because they needed someone who understands ), 1 implied that it wasn’t necessary (they’re more concerned with finding an effective therapist, i.e., one who is good at listening and helping figure out problems, than whether or not that therapist is EA-aligned), and 1 said it would be helpful to speak with a therapist from outside the EA community to get an outside view.
I agree, from experience speaking with a few people, coaching with people who understand EA-values (though who do not necessarily identify with Effective Altruism themselves) is more helpful for some career-related growth areas, whereas support from medical and other mental health professionals who are willing to listen and try to understand (though who do not necessarily know much about Effective Altruism) seems to be ok for medical diagnoses and therapy.