Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community - Connect-JS 2015

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1. Stronger Than Fear
 Mental Health in the Developer Community Ed Finkler • @funkatron • funkatron.com/osmi Connect-JS 2015 • #osmi #connect_js
2. Who I am
3. An informal survey
4. My diagnoses
5. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
6. Adult ADHD
7. Meds I take
8. Lexapro
   Buspar
   Strattera
   Klonopin
9. I see a therapist
10. Feeling alone/unlike anyone else
11. I'm broken and
    I will never be right
12. How it affects us
13. 1 in 5
14. Level of disability
15. Disease burden
16. Economic Cost http://www.fccmh.org/resources/docs/EconomicBurdenofMentalIllness.pdf ๏ Mental health conditions are the second leading cause of workplace absenteeism ๏ Workers w/ depression lose 5.6 hrs/week
 Workers w/o depression lose 1.5 hrs/week ๏ Depression: $43.7 billion in absenteeism from work (200m days lost), lost productivity & direct treatment
17. Mental Health in Tech
    Survey Results US Non-self employed only; as of 9/13/2014 http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
18. http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog Do you feel that your employer takes mental health as seriously as physical health?
19. Do you think that discussing a health issue with your employer would have negative consequences? Mental Physical http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
20. Would you bring up a health issue with a potential employer in an interview? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog Mental Physical
21. Do you know the options for mental health care your employer provides? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
22. Does your employer provide resources to learn more about mental health issues and how to seek help? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
23. Is your anonymity protected if you choose to take advantage of mental health or substance abuse treatment resources? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
24. Don't know Very easy Somewhat easy Somewhat difficult Very difficult How easy is it for you to take medical leave for a mental health condition? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
25. Sick workers don’t work
26. 41%
27. 8 years
28. Making your workplace safe
29. 1. Get Buy-In From C-level
30. 2. Mental Health First Aid mentalhealthfirstaid.org info@mentalhealthfirstaid.org 202.684.3736 All supervisors/managers
31. 3. Know Local Resources nami.org mentalhealthamerica.net
32. 4. Know Your Coverage
33. 5. Actively Engage and Educate Awareness • Resources • Promotion of Wellness mhprompt.org • devpressed.com • checkupapp.org
34. 6. Support Research
35. What’s the upside? http://www.taadas.org/publications/prodimages/A%20Mental%20Health%20Friendly%20Workplace.pdf
36. Higher productivity and motivation
37. Reduced absenteeism
38. Health insurance cost containment
39. Loyalty and retention
40. Hiring and promoting the most qualified people
41. Diversity, acceptance, and respect in the workplace
42. Open Sourcing Mental Illness 2015 GOAL $5000 Time to goal 2 hours Total raised $13,600 j.mp/osmi2015
43. I need your help.
    Talk. Share. Learn. Donations: j.mp/osmi2015 Videos, Slides, Resources: funkatron.com/osmi
44. Thank you Camille Wilson Johanna Wu Geri Coady Jennifer Akullian and so many more…
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