Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community - PyOhio 2016`

STRONGER THAN FEAR  MENTAL HEALTH IN THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY Ed
Finkler • @OSMIHelp • OSMIhelp.org PyOhio 2016 • #pyohio #osmi

@osmihelp WHO I AM

@osmihelp AN INFORMAL SURVEY

@osmihelp MY DIAGNOSES

@osmihelp GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

@osmihelp ADHD

@osmihelp I TAKE MEDS

@osmihelp I SEE A THERAPIST

@osmihelp IT IMPACTS MY WORK EVERY DAY

@osmihelp SOMETIMES IT GIVES ME POWERS

@osmihelp SOMETIMES IT RUINS ME

@osmihelp HOW IT AFFECTS US

@osmihelp 1 IN 5

@osmihelp DISEASE BURDEN

@osmihelp 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

@osmihelp MENTAL HEALTH IN TECH SURVEY RESULTS US Non-self
employed only; as of 9/13/2014 http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog

@osmihelp Do you think that discussing a health issue
with your employer would have negative consequences? Mental Physical http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog

@osmihelp Would you bring up a health issue with
a potential employer in an interview? Mental Physical http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog

@osmihelp Does your employer provide resources to learn more
about mental health issues and how to seek help? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog

@osmihelp SICK WORKERS DON’T WORK

@osmihelp CHANGE IS HARD

@osmihelp 1. MAKE A COMMITMENT TO CHANGE

@osmihelp 2. GET THE OSMI HANDBOOKS OSMIhelp.org/resources

@osmihelp 3. TAKE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID MentalHealthFirstAid.org

@osmihelp 4. TELL PEOPLE

@osmihelp WHAT’S THE UPSIDE?

@osmihelp MENTAL WELLNESS = BETTER EMPLOYEES http://www.taadas.org/publications/prodimages/A%20Mental%20Health%20Friendly%20Workplace.pdf

@osmihelp DEMONSTRATE YOUR VALUES http://www.taadas.org/publications/prodimages/A%20Mental%20Health%20Friendly%20Workplace.pdf

@osmihelp PEOPLE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU http://www.taadas.org/publications/prodimages/A%20Mental%20Health%20Friendly%20Workplace.pdf

@osmihelp OPEN SOURCING MENTAL ILLNESS 2015 GOAL $5000 Time
to goal 2 hours Total raised $13,600 j.mp/osmi2015

@osmihelp OPEN SOURCING MENTAL ILLNESS 2016 GOAL $10000 Time
to goal 72 hours Total raised $21,400 osmihelp.org/donate

@osmihelp Claire.Gowler Gemma Lynn Steve Oltman Chu Ngọc Minh
Vanessa Hurst Michael Beckwith Larry E Masters Matt Brunt Lawrence Edelstein Adam Jenkins Jad Bitar Henning Glatter-Gotz Julia Vishnevsky Daryl J Chymko John Sj Anderson Cameron Koczon Nathan Hruby Evan Coury Kalamazoo X Conferences Miss Tanya Mcginnity Ronald E. Greek Jean Soderkvist Maggie Longshore Delmar Software Development Arthur Doler Spencer Hoyt Deborah Resnick Amber Geneva Willem-Jan Zijderveld Tracy Apps Johan De Ruijter Larry Masters Patrick Allan Phillip Shipley Karen J Demerly Hello Davi Marcondes Moreira Margaret Dikel Chris Hagg Oaklandjt Lwriemen Steve John Daniel Trinkle Tyler Britten Samantha Quiñones Tim Heckman Richard Stewart Trianglman+Igg Sharon J Cichelli Colin O'dell Pascal Jacques Woodcock Jon Jaques Florian Ragwitz Matthew R Sparks Michael Cullum Nehemiahwyant John Hodges Alex Fraundorf Nick Sutterer Evangelo S Prodromou Amelia G Gregory Tarnoff Justin Cook Brian Moon Matt Trask Mark Shannon Story Justin Yost Justin Martin Jose Diaz-Gonzalez Sally Lehman Dre Armeda William Sonnenreich David Neilsen Matthew Brown Phil Zodiaco Bridget Will Alice Carback Andrew L Cassell Brian Wisti Mike Hall Chris Greene Katie Jeff Yates Adam Barker Joseph Kline Jon Madison Fj De Jonge Christian Stagevik Daniel D Beil Jack Jones Elizabeth Saurabh Menon Christian Deinert Matthew S Perkins Christopher W Brescia Joe Kline Justin Carmony Jake Smith Ed Cates Shawn Aukstakalnis Kevin B Tuttle Mike.Budzik Ben Ramsey Guillermo Mansilla Rich Robinkoff Lee James Titcumb Brian C. Janes Rhosler Joel A Rasmus William Golden Allan Macgregor Jonathan William Allan Alexandra H. Johnson Derick E Bailey Milos Vucinic Magnus Nordlander Anthony Grassiot Jay Pee Scott Gowell Mr Am Clyde Christina Schierling Bashar Al-Abdulhadi Kdemerly Tess Barnes Renan Gonçalves Florian Megyesi Mr Jeremy Burns Cresta L Cates Sandy A Forsstrom Jonathan Campbell James Huff Paolo Cuffiani Justchelle Brian Fenton Christopher Schiller Ted M Young Joel Perras Brian Larry Garfield Diana Espino David Yell Davi M Moreira Justin T Yost Eamon Leonard Pradeep Krishnan Yeti Scott Arciszewski Kristopher Plunkett Rodriguez Urdaneta Stephen Sauceda Cory Fowler Emily Stamey Mark Forscher Heather Ca Hoult Michael Mcguire James Walker Blevotroid Jon Christopher Hoult Derrick Snyder Tim Corrin Matthew Mitchum Lisa Brewster Rob Allen Iain Mckenzie Amanda Folson Dallas Cook Chris Tickner Roland Awemo Benjamin J Cotton Kevin Makice Jerry Evans Nicolas Rosental Eileen Steele Brion Vibber Johnny Choudhury-Lucas Dennis Abbeduto Nima Nekoui Sean R Reid Benjamin Cool Chris Shiflett Jason Charnes Sean Foran Mr R A Stringer Christopher Riley Cristovao Verstraeten Metaljoe Mika Epstein Andrew Miller Anne Delion Sophia Khan Stefan Wicke M.R.Hartley Bart Guliker Bram Van Der Sype Lynn Beighley Eddie Vanbogaert Stiliyanlazarov Chris G Smith David Skinner Daniel Cousineau Allison Tarr Dealnews.Com, Inc. Wesley Beam Ellie Strejlau Joepelow Ryan Becky Resler Sean O'connor Thomas Bartolucci Margaret Staples Kwendenarmo Mr G J Hockin Kivanc Yazan Emily Carter Thomas North Gamble Andreas Birkebaek Daniel Joye Shawn Searcy Brian Pitts Benjamin W Wulf Nicholas C Duvieilh Hilary Weaver-Robb Tyler Mincey Max Derekkjordan Thomas Peter Berntsen Zachary Copley Craig Kelly Cj Livingston Beporter Miss Laura Sanders Kara Ferguson John Coggeshall Evan Prodromou Roger Creasy M D C Pepper Jake Champlin Juan R Basso Nick Hehr Cedric Williams Greg Norman Aaron Jorbin Ryan Adams Olivier Lechevalier John P Betley Jonathan Warner Chris Hartjes Michael Budzik Dave Forgac Carolyn Finkler John Betley Elona Hartjes Abhas Abhinav Kay Rhodes Joseph Robichaud Taylor Otwell Travis Robinson Ryan Sullivan Broc Seib Jason Wood Christina Keelan Ryan S Adams Jordan Burke R J De La Fuente Philippe Beaudoin Stefan Koopmanschap Adam Englander Elizabeth Naramore Eric Hogue Timothy H Lieberman THE WALL OF AWESOME

@osmihelp

@osmihelp MENTAL HEALTH IN TECH SURVEY GRAPH & API
github.com/OSMIHelp/osmi-survey-graph

@osmihelp LOL JOKE’S ON YOU IT’S PHP (BUT WE
COULD USE JS FRONTEND HELP) github.com/OSMIHelp/osmi-survey-graph

@osmihelp WE NEED YOUR HELP 2016 Mental Health In
Tech Survey: j.mp/osmisurvey2016 Videos, Slides, Resources: OSMIHelp.org Donations: osmihelp.org/donate

@osmihelp THANK YOU FOR LISTENING OSMIhelp.org • j.mp/osmisurvey2016

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