E8: How to help?

Mind Your Own Revisions

English - January 27, 2021 15:02 - 16 minutes - 36.9 MB
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This episode is about how we can support someone who is going through a hard time mental health-wise - something we all need to learn, considering the increase in the number of people struggling with mental health issues both in general and in academia, and especially during this pandemic period; because:

We all have mental health.All of us are capable.It is our business to offer help/support to someone who is struggling.

So how to help? I suggest the ALRIGHT method that stands for

ApproachListen (non-judgementally)ReassureImmediate actionGuide towards professional supportHelp them to help themselvesTime a follow-up meeting

Get out of your head and show up for people around you!

It’s really not that difficult to help someone get through a difficult period.

Cited in this episode:

* Ian Martin and Emma Giles. 2020. “Encourage better workplace conversations about mental health with ALRIGHT”: https://delphis.org.uk/mental-health/conversations-about-mental-health/

* Kelsey Crowe and Emily McDowell. 2017. “There Is No Good Card for This: What To Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love”. HarperCollins.

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