All of Emily's Comments + Replies

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:

  1. 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 helpin
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SebastianSchmidt
Thanks so much for this reply - very informative. This seems relatively aligned with my perspective although the specifics of what the therapists said in relation the strong moral values matter as moral perfectionism can be self-defeating. I'd also add that it seems as if older EAs are less concerned with EA-informedness than younger. For an example of why it might be beneficial to have an EA-informed coach or therapist, I quite liked this podcast episode on 80K.

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 :)

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!

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SebastianSchmidt
Cool - I just reached out on the info email on your site. :)

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 :)

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SebastianSchmidt
Cool. Is there a way for me to read/learn more about this initiative? I was considering setting up a match-making platform myself but happy to refrain from it if I trust that someone else is doing a good job here. :)

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 :)

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Matt_Sharp
When I click on the white x, the banner doesn't disappear. It does disappear if I click above the banner, on the rest of the webpage. Thanks for working on this website and adding the AirTable of lots of providers - I've already made use of this :)
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Yonatan Cale
FYI - I didn't read the "social media pages" part of the banner, my brain probably automatically thought "banner = ignore this" (looking back, I did read the title + first line of the banner).  I'm sharing this because I assume it's not just me, but you could test this by watching someone browse your website, or maybe ask EA product managers if that could help (they'll probably say something smarter)

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

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MarieF🔸
Dear Inga and Emily, thank you so much for this. It is greatly appreciated.
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Inga
You can join the corresponding Effective Peer Support Slack here if you'd like to give or get immediate support: https://join.slack.com/t/slack-mpn1309/shared_invite/zt-1jkv97xxh-I~_8J7tTBreFnfCOyi312Q

Hi Luke, no, it's not meant to require a Google Account login. Are you having trouble accessing the survey?

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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... (read more)