[Argorak]

I searched and I found no hard evidence for that. There are professions more susceptible to that, but that's usually emergency workers or people in low-wage jobs.

I think it's more a backlash because it was often a topic not spoken about _and_ it has a lot of fear potential for people working with their brains mostly. Some high-profile suicides (aaronsw and others) have probably raised the interest as well.

Also, in my experience, the IT crowd is far more mobile than many other professions. I run multiple meetups and do get the feeling that they are important personal contact points for many. The tech scene as your first personal safety net. So advertising such things into this space directly makes a lot of sense.