NorDevCon2020 Day 2 - Part 7 - Nicholas Walsh
summary
Surveys from Beamer and Harvey Nash find 66% report stress and 52% report anxiety or depression, five times the UK average, with neurodivergent staff disproportionately affected; costs run into billions from presenteeism. Evidence shows stressful workloads, poor management and bullying drive harm, mental health first aid shows little outcome benefit, and antidepressants help roughly a third of adults but interact with environment. Practical fixes focus on redesigning jobs, stronger managerial support, policies that boost autonomy and peer voting models like Gore‑Tex promotion voting.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:44Mental health in the tech industry
- 3:20Harvey Nash survey
- 4:20Beamer survey
- 6:35Depression anxiety
- 9:36Mental health
- 11:15Conceptual models
- 13:18Classification
- 16:22Diagnosis
- 21:47Genetics
- 25:45Stress
- 31:03Environment
- 34:13Coping strategies
- 36:37Poor mental health
- 39:55Java triangle
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