Awesome Mental Health

A curated list of anything remotely related to mental health, sorted by alphabetical order.

Contents

• Apps
  • Selfhosted
• Platforms
• Resources
  • Books
    • Dutch - Nederlands
  • Lists
  • Magazines
  • Organizations
  • Treatment Options
  • Websites

Apps

• Calm - Web & Mobile app that provides guided meditations, sleep stories, breathing programs, and relaxing music to people experiencing stress and anxiety.
• GG OCD - Improves OCD symptoms by increasing the user's awareness of negative thoughts through short games.
• Headspace - Meditation in small bits and pieces.
• meQuilibrium - Web & mobile app that harnesses behavioral psychology to build resilience and agility.
• Muse brain sensing headband - Headband and companion app for mindfulness meditation.
• Sleepio - Improve your sleep habits and quality.
• Ten Percent Happier - Web & Mobile app that provides guided meditations on topics ranging from anxiety and stress to parenting and sleep, as well as videos, bite-sized stories, and inspiration you can listen to on the go.

Selfhosted

• DukkhaLessClient - A self-care application for individuals seeking to improve their mental health.
• DukkhaLessServer - The backend server for the DukkhaLess service.

Platforms

• if-me.org - Platform for sharing your mental health experiences with the people you choose.
• Vrendle - Virtual Reality platform for mental healthcare providers.

Resources

Books

• Dancing in the Rain - Aimed at education leaders to help them thrive under pressure by using mindfulness and self-compassion.
• Stay - Jennifer Michael Hecht channels her grief for two friends lost to suicide into a search for history's most persuasive arguments against suicide.
• Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself - Kristin Neff offers practical, wise guidance on the path of emotional healing and deep inner transformation.
• The Craving Mind - About addictions, how we get them and how to get rid of them using mindfulness.
• The Mystery of Sleep - Why a good night of rest is vital to a better and heallthier life.
• Uncovering Happiness: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Compassion - Confronting but non judgemental book about happiness, depression and compassion.
• Unplug: A simple guide to meditation for busy sceptics and modern soul seekers - Simple no nonsense guide to meditating with smart tips for lifestyle, self fulfillment and happiness.

Dutch - Nederlands

• :netherlands: Ik zie anders niks aan je - Psychiatrist Menno Oosterhoff writes about his 25 years of experience in the field, and offers insights for acceptance.
• :netherlands: Vals Alarm; Leven met een dwangstoornis - Psychiatrist Menno Oosterhoff is an expert by experience and trade in the field of Anxiety.

Lists

• Awesome-Autism Resource List - A curated list of awesome resources for Autism Spectrum Disorder and Asperger's Syndrome.
• Selfcare.tech - List of resources mainly focussed on people in the tech industry, but really anyone can find something in here.

Magazines

• Greater Good Magazine - Science-based insights for a meaningful life.
• OpenMinds Quarterly - Explorations of life with(in) mental illness, addiction & recovery.

Organizations

• Open Excellence - Funds independent research and innovative programs that improve mental health care outcomes.
• Warfighter Advance - Their mission is the successful reintegration of every warfighter (For USA military).

Treatment Options

• MedShadow Foundation - Aims to protect lives by uncovering the hidden and minimized risks of medicines so that everyone has the ability to make informed decisions about the risks, benefits, and alternatives to medicines.

Websites

• Grief Beyond Belief - Aims to facilitate peer-to-peer grief support for atheists, Humanists, and other Freethinkers by providing spaces free of religion, spiritualism, mysticism, and evangelism in which to share sorrow and offer the comfort of rational compassion.
• Seize the Awkward - Tips that make it easier to talk about mental health with friends and family.
• Students Against Depression - Blogs, tips and information for and by students.
• The Mighty - Stories, articles and news about different mental health topics.
• mentalhealth.day - Share this site as your status, out of office email, or on social media when you take a self-care day to normalize and destigmatize mental health.