How to spread awareness for people with mental health issues.
Around 21% of Americans have some sort of mental health disorder, either if thats mental health, mental illnesses, or others related to those, with around 15% of the entire worlds population or about 1 in 7 to 1 n 8 people (nearly 1.2 billion individuals) live with a mental health disorder at anty given time.
Furthermore, broader epidemiological data indicates that 50% of the global population will at least have one mental health disorder in their lifetime which is approximately 4.15 billion people based on the total global population of about 8.3 billion people living on Earth.
If your friend has a known mental disorder if they told you should listen openly without judgement, encourage them to seek professional care and continue including them in normal acitivies
To spread effective awareness for people with mental disorders, you can be respectful, use respecful language, share verified facts, challenge public stigma and direct people to professional help if needed.