Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community
summary
An organization called OSMI runs the 2016 Mental Health in Tech survey and reports about 1,500 total responses (roughly 700 U.S. employees not self‑employed), finding 56% diagnosed with a mental health condition compared with ~19–20% population baseline and 88% saying disclosure could hurt careers. The project publishes Creative Commons handbooks for employers and employees, shares practical checklists, and urges workplaces to provide resources, normalize discussion, and tell coworkers they matter.
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- 0:00Intro
- 0:38Prompt
- 1:03Who am I
- 1:37What is Elixir
- 2:10Webmaster
- 3:28Audience Participation
- 9:15Generalized Anxiety
- 12:15ADHD
- 16:25Medication
- 16:50Therapy
- 20:23Feeling Alone
- 21:55Global Burden of Disease
- 22:14Burden of Mental Disorders
- 22:52Neuropsychiatric Conditions
- 23:34Tech Community
- 23:55Open sourcing
- 24:11Survey data
- 25:19Survey questions
- 26:36Mental health in an interview
- 27:05Physical health issues
- 28:06Does your employer provide resources
- 28:31Why people dont seek treatment
- 28:58Being identified as a person with a mental health issue
- 29:11Would it hurt your career
- 30:09Mental health statistics
- 30:58Sick workers dont work
- 31:30Whats the upside
- 31:48End of story
- 33:13People want to work with you
- 33:42But change is hard
- 35:02Get our handbooks
- 35:55Speak openly about mental health
- 37:13Tell people they matter
- 39:40Communities are about people
- 40:45suffer in silence
- 41:34hide
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