Empathy as a Service: Supporting Mental Health in Tech
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Claims concrete results: tech survey by Open Sourcing Mental Illness finds roughly two thirds fear negative consequences for disclosing mental versus physical illness; 1 in 5 adults have a mental illness, 35–50% receive no treatment, severe depression has ~15% suicide fatality. Actionable fixes: remote-first hiring, pay first month of co‑working, reserve quiet rooms, provide noise‑cancelling headphones, offer Mental Health First Aid (8–12h) and workplace handbooks on Leanpub. Measures are cheap, implementable, and reportably effective.
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chapters (40)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:53Statistics
- 1:15Comorbidities
- 3:38Depression
- 3:53Depression symptoms
- 5:05Children in Africa
- 5:20Helpful Advice
- 5:37Medication
- 5:48Stigma
- 6:03Treatment
- 6:22Fear
- 7:30My best friend
- 8:45Turning grief into action
- 9:08Open Sourcing Mental Illness
- 10:11Mental Health Tech Survey
- 11:09My biggest contribution to OMI
- 11:47What can we do
- 12:21Relocation
- 12:50Pros and Cons
- 13:03Solutions
- 13:22Moving to Silicon Valley
- 14:09Remote work as a positive
- 14:55Remote work as a negative
- 16:09Solutions to remote work
- 17:14Openplan offices
- 17:32Positives
- 18:05Negatives
- 19:17Practical Solutions
- 21:11Alcohol Tech
- 22:15Solution
- 24:19Advice for managers
- 26:48Mental Health First Aid
- 28:04Eating Disorders in Tech
- 29:03Neurodiversity in Tech
- 30:44Peer Pressure in Tech
- 32:11Empathy is the antidote to shame
- 32:28Empathy as a service
- 32:48Eds quote
- 33:04Contact
- 33:24Stickers
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