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

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1. Stronger Than Fear
 Mental Health in the Developer Community Ed Finkler • @funkatron • funkatron.com/osmi SkiPHP 2016 • #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.  Sometimes Advantageous
11.  Feeling alone/unlike anyone else
12.  I'm broken and
    I will never be right
13.  How it affects us
14.  1 in 5
15.  Level of disability
16.  Disease burden
17.  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
18.  Mental Health in Tech
    Survey Results US Non-self employed only; as of 9/13/2014 http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
19.  http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog Do you feel that your employer takes mental health as seriously as physical health?
20.  Do you think that discussing a health issue with your employer would have negative consequences? Mental Physical http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
21.  Would you bring up a health issue with a potential employer in an interview? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog Mental Physical
22.  Do you know the options for mental health care your employer provides? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
23.  Does your employer provide resources to learn more about mental health issues and how to seek help? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
24.  Is your anonymity protected if you choose to take advantage of mental health or substance abuse treatment resources? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
25.  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
26.  Sick workers don’t work
27.  41%
28.  8 years
29.  Making your workplace safe
30.  1. Get Buy-In From C-level
31.  2. Mental Health First Aid mentalhealthfirstaid.org info@mentalhealthfirstaid.org 202.684.3736 All supervisors/managers
32.  3. Know Local Resources nami.org mentalhealthamerica.net
33.  4. Know Your Coverage
34.  5. Actively Engage and Educate Awareness • Resources • Promotion of Wellness mhprompt.org • devpressed.com • checkupapp.org
35.  6. Support Research
36.  What’s the upside? http://www.taadas.org/publications/prodimages/A%20Mental%20Health%20Friendly%20Workplace.pdf
37.  Higher productivity and motivation
38.  Reduced absenteeism
39.  Health insurance cost containment
40.  Loyalty and retention
41.  Hiring and promoting the most qualified people
42.  Diversity, acceptance, and respect in the workplace
43.  Open Sourcing Mental Illness 2015 GOAL $5000 Time to goal 2 hours Total raised $13,600 j.mp/osmi2015
44.  THE WALL OF AWESOME CJ Livingston joepelow Tim Corrin Justin Martin Guillermo Mansilla G J Hockin Thomas North Gamble Kevin B Tuttle Gregory Tarnoff Brian Fenton Jerry Evans Brian Wisti R J de la Fuente Spencer Hoyt Nick Sutterer Ted M Young Diana Espino Justin Carmony Tyler Mincey Tim Heckman Daniel Cousineau Allan MacGregor A forsstrom Brion Vibber max Cristovao Verstraeten Matthew R Sparks Wesley Beam Scott Arciszewski Zachary Copley Adam Jenkins Alexandra H. Johnson nehemiahwyant Matt Brunt Brian Moon hello Kevin Makice Larry Masters brian Jake Smith oaklandjt Justin T Yost Kristopher Plunkett Mika Epstein daniel d beil Andrew L Cassell Aaron Jorbin Jean Soderkvist Cameron Koczon Brian Pitts Deborah Resnick Michael Beckwith Chris Tickner Joel A Rasmus Karen J Demerly Lisa Brewster Stefan Koopmanschap Matthew Mitchum Cresta L Cates andreasbirkebaek Daniel Joye AM Clyde Henning Glatter-Gotz Gemma Lynn Davi M Moreira Amanda Folson Stephen Sauceda Daryl J Chymko Timothy H Lieberman Philippe Beaudoin Evangelo S Prodromou Sharon J Cichelli Sean R Reid nicolas rosental FJ de Jonge Dave Forgac John P Betley Jordan Burke Sally Lehman pascal Chris G Smith Sean Foran Jack Jones Elizabeth Naramore Benjamin J Cotton Taylor Otwell Miss Laura Sanders R A Stringer Mike Hall Richard Stewart M.R.Hartley Bram Van der Sype Ryan S Adams Ed Cates Jason Charnes Evan Coury Matthew S Perkins Derrick Snyder Mark Forscher Chris Shiflett William Golden Joel Perras Derick E Bailey Scott Gowell Eric Hogue Jake Champlin Samantha Quiñones Joe Kline lwriemen James Walker Maggie Longshore Pradeep Krishnan Broc Seib Jacques Woodcock Kara Ferguson CA Hoult Vanessa Hurst Ben Ramsey Colin O'Dell M D C Pepper Patrick Allan Alice Carback Guillermo Mansilla Christian Stagevik Jose Diaz-Gonzalez Jad Bitar Nicholas C Duvieilh Dallas Cook Larry E Masters Anthony Grassiot David Skinner Mark Shannon Story Christopher W Brescia yeti derekkjordan Mr Jeremy Burns stiliyanlazarov Shawn Aukstakalnis Chris Greene William Sonnenreich lee Cory Fowler Nima Nekoui Juan R Basso Rodriguez Urdaneta Justin T Yost
45.    graphstory.com
46.  I need your help.
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47.  Thank you for listening funkatron.com/osmi • j.mp/osmi2015 • joind.in/talk/831ad