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Survey to Assist in the Development of a Mental Health  
and Suicide Prevention Initiative
in the Entertainment Technology Industry

This survey includes some questions you may find distressing about professional or personal experiences. If at any time you would like to speak with someone confidentially, in the U.S. you can contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255 or text “HELLO” to 741741, and in Canada contact the Canada Suicide Prevention Service 24/7 at 1-833-456-4566.
1.What are some of the primary stressors in your work life? (select all that apply)
2.Have you ever experienced any of the following? (select all that apply)
3.To what degree do you feel comfortable talking to someone else (family member, friend, co-worker, employer) about your emotional wellness?
4.Have you ever received emotional wellness information or support?
5.Have you ever been concerned about a family member, friend or co-worker struggling with the following? (select all that apply)
6.What are the barriers that might prevent you from trying to help someone you are concerned about? (select all that apply)
This next section is designed to help us understand whether you currently have accessible resources if you are experiencing difficulties with emotional wellness or if you are concerned about a colleague. If you do not have resources, we want to identify what types of information and resources you would find helpful and how you would like to access them.
7.Do you currently have access to mental health and suicide prevention services?
8.If yes, have you ever sought help for yourself or for a colleague?
9.If no, do you feel having access to information and resources on mental health and suicide prevention would be helpful?
10.What do you think are some of the barriers that have prevented, or might prevent, you or your colleagues from seeking help? (select all that apply)
11.What information/resources do you think would help you if you were experiencing a mental health crisis? (select all that apply)
12.What information/resources do you think would help if you were worried about a family member, friend or co-worker? (select all that apply)
13.How would you like the information/resources made available to you? (select all that apply)
14.If I were in crisis and seemingly felt there was nowhere to turn but the Internet, I would search for: (select all that apply)
This next section asks for basic demographic information about you. We are asking these questions for two reasons: we want to make sure we are hearing from people all across our industry and we want to know if certain groups of people are impacted more than others or need different resources. For example, do people who work primarily in motion picture and television experience different stressors and thus have different needs from those who work on live events ? Do younger workers need different resource than older individuals? Your answers will help us focus our work in developing this program.
15.What is your age?
16.Select the gender identity with which you primarily identify:
17.How many years have you been working in the industry?
18.What area of the industry do you primarily work in?
19.Please indicate the state or province of your primary residence by entering the two letter abbreviation:
20.Please indicate what group you identify with:
21.We may be conducting additional surveys over the development of this initiative to help us learn more and to use as benchmarking tools. Please let us know if you are willing to participate in these additional surveys by including your email below. Your email will not be used for any other purpose than communication directly from Behind the Scenes about this initiative.
22.If you’d rather not participate in future surveys but would like to receive information on the program, please include your email below. Your email will not be used for any other purpose than communication directly from Behind the Scenes about this initiative.
23.If you are you willing to speak to an interviewer to provide more information please provide your email address and phone number.
24.Please share any comments or ideas you have about emotional wellness in our industry or the program we are trying to develop