Sometimes When A Friend Is Depressed, You Want To Say ‘Snap Out Of It.’ But This Is Better.

Talking about any sort of illness feels awkward. But talking about mental health and mental illness feels even more awkward. What are you supposed to do? What are you supposed to say? You’re not a doctor, how can you help? Here are five tips that can really help, and you don’t need a Ph.D. for…

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Jun 12, 2014

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