
#197 Mental health with Jennifer Akullian
UX Podcast
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The Prevalence of Mental Illness in the Tech Industry
Mental illness is predominantly a genetic disorder. It's something you find running in family histories. But it is very highly impacted by environmental factors too, like trauma growing up. We're not sure if people with this mental illness history are drawn to tech or some people suggest that maybe people once they get into tech are developing mental illnesses because of the industry.
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