Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community - Laracon US 2015

Presented at Laracon US 2015. Learn more about Open Sourcing Mental Illness at http://funkatron.com/osmi. Video: http://j.mp/osmilara15video

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1. Stronger Than Fear
 Mental Health in the Developer Community Ed Finkler • @funkatron • funkatron.com/osmi Laracon US 2015 • #osmi
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 http://mhprompt.org/
34. Open Sourcing Mental Illness 2015 GOAL $5000 Time to goal 2 hours Total raised $13,600 j.mp/osmi2015
35. I need your help.
    Talk. Share. Learn. Donations: j.mp/osmi2015 Videos, Slides, Resources: funkatron.com/osmi
36. Thank you Camille Wilson Johanna Wu Geri Coady Jennifer Akullian and so many more…
37. Thank you for listening funkatron.com/osmi • j.mp/osmi2015