No one who has read this article is immune to having a mental illness; mental health is not a given. In fact, families and friends often become ill themselves in their unsupported attempts to get help for their partner, sibling, child or friend. 
In Ontario, mental illness falls under the Criminal Code. This is wrong. Families and friends are often excluded from being advocates because of inflexible confidentiality regulations.This is also wrong.
 Uuniversities are one of many 'host cultures' of mental disease because of age, loneliness, competition and expectation, Michael Wilson and Santo Ono remind us that friends and peers can be first responders. Ideally, the mental health 'system' will soon recognize that relationships, people who know and love the ill person, not police, are often the key to wellness.