[INVITATION] The Turing Way: Mental Health in Data Science

[AlexandraAAJ]

The Turing Way: Mental Health in Data Science

Title

Mental Health in Data Science

Guide

Guide for self care and mental health
Draft is here: https://hackmd.io/Wxzu3T7tSZSiC1BiCzqbtA

Summary of proposed chapter

• Why is self care important
• Impostor syndrome
• Learning to say no and prioritize your own time
• How to balance the professional and personal life
  • as a PhD student
  • as a parent
• Relaxing techniques that can be used at any moment

Resources
To be found - there are many, need to organise them

Who can help?

Anyone
Others who have feel that can contribute

Updates / Next steps

• Write chapter outline
• Add material to the chapter
• Combine materials into a readable chapter
• Proofread
• Create PR and link in the comments
• Request reviews
• Address reviews
• Merge to main branch

[SaraVilla]

To-do list:

• Update outline
• ask for comments/review
• Create PR
• List resources to be included in chapter
• List potential links/material to go/read through

RESOURCES TO INCLUDE IN DIFFERENT FORMATS:

• https://www.mind.org.uk/workplace/mental-health-at-work/taking-care-of-your-staff/useful-resources/
• https://www.mhm.org.uk/pages/faqs/category/helpful-resources

Materials to go through:

• https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/improving-care/nccmh/working-well-together/working-well-together---evidence-and-tools-to-enable-co-production-in-mental-health-commissioning.pdf?sfvrsn=4e2924c1_2

[SaraVilla]

Updated summary of proposed chapter

• Why is self care important. Mental health crisis in Research and data science.

• Mental health is health. (check inclusivity chaps?).

• Impostor syndrome. Continuous learning as a job.

• Self-management based on CBT, values and SMART goals.

• Learning to say no and prioritize your own time

• How to balance the professional and personal life

  • as a PhD student
  • as a parent

• Relaxing techniques that can be used at any moment: check resources list

• Supporting people around you

• Mentorship and project management styles as ways to keep tabs on mental health

• Mental health as a manager/organisation

[SaraVilla]

PR created for new Mental health chapter here: #3405

Content draft in here: https://hackmd.io/@SaraVilla/mental_health