In this short podcast, I finish my interview with Alison Malmon, the Executive Director of Active Minds, a booming organization that busts sitmga on college campuses across the U.S. Alison shares 1) practical ways teachers and professors can help students that are battling mental illness and 2) how you can help a depressed family member or friend. For more information on Active Minds, visit www.activeminds.org.

Your Thoughts?:

Are you a teacher or professor who can use some of these ideas (1. tell students you care about more than grading their papers 2. put the school's mental health resources on the syllabus 3. listen to students/treat mental illness with the same consideration you give physical illness)?

Are you a friend or family member who can use Alison's advice on also finding support for yourself?