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Open Sourcing Mental Illness - Open Source Bridge 2014

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  1. Open Sourcing Mental Illness Ed Finkler @funkatron • funkatron.com fictivekin.com

    Open Source Bridge 2014

  2. Who I am

  3. An informal survey

  4. How it affects us

  5. 1 in 5

  6. Level of disability

  7. Disease burden

  8. My diagnoses

  9. Generalized Anxiety Disorder

  10. Adult ADD

  11. Meds I take

  12. Lexapro Buspar Strattera Klonopin

  13. What it’s like

  14. Anxiety

  15. Intensity of emotion

  16. Problems focusing

  17. Spiraling chains of thought

  18. Obsessing on negative events

  19. Feeling alone/unlike anyone else

  20. I'm broken and I will never be right

  21. Suicidal thoughts and self-mutilation

  22. None

  23. We cannot stay silent http://www.actupny.org/reports/silencedeath.html

  24. As a developer

  25. Positives

  26. Working with teams

  27. Interviewing

  28. Managers & Bosses

  29. Making your workplace safe

  30. Sick workers don’t work

  31. 41%

  32. 8 years

  33. Peers help

  34. Mental Health First Aid mentalhealthfirstaid.org info@mentalhealthfirstaid.org 202.684.3736

  35. I need your help. Talk. Share. Learn. prompt.engineyard.com osmihelp.org mentalhealthfirstaid.org

  36. Thank you for listening funkatron.com/osmi • osmihelp.org