 It's your friend or family member suffering from depression, then here are some of the tips that you can follow. One, make sure that you identify it and to take them to the medical help. It can be a doctor or it can be a therapist as well. Make sure that they are regular on the medications that they are taking, encourage them to interact well, help them to build a social life around them, motivate them enough to do the activities that they were doing prior to this, encourage them to do some of the exercises like yoga or meditation. Of course it can be aerobics as well. Then last but not the least, make sure that there are no negative comments around them about their mental health.