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The survey is done by a charity that accepts money from corporate sponsors. Dubious source at best, paid shills at worst.

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This forum is owned by a corporation and functions as their main marketing tool.

Yes and I don't accept Y Combinator's word as empirical science either.

Are you suggesting that there are corporations paying 'shills' to say that workplaces are bad? Why would they do that?

The very charity that conducted the survey that concludes that "half" of employees have mental health issues, also happens to be a charity to help address mental health issues.

Also, they need more money! https://www.mind.org.uk

> We won't give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.

In a perfect future where everyone with mental health problems got support and respect, I'm certain this charity would re-define mental health to a more broad definition, so that they could demand to continue funding, rather than voluntarily shutting down after having met their original goals.

It'd be terrible if we got scammed in to creating a perfect future. That'd be awful.

Well you're joking, but it happens. Not the perfect future, but people being drawn and duped into following "gurus" or "schools" that promise exactly that, only to be slowly bled of all their money and sanity. And in the field of psychology or mental healing, it's probably more prevalent than elsewhere.

But that's just an aside.

There is lots wrong with this article, including what you mention, but also, they fail to define what they mean by the terms they use such as: "experienced problems with stress, anxiety or low mood". That can pretty much cover a lot, if not well defined.

It's a PR article to get you on their website, not a scientific study. ;) There you'll probably find more indepth info.

Though, I didn't last long on their website. I don't have patience for video/audio, and I couldn't quickly find content on "what is mental health," to them.

YC community at its best :)

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