Ep 8: Hiring and Managing People with Mental Illness — What You Need to Know

by | Jul 28, 2022 | hiring and managing people with mental illness, mental illness in the workplace, podcast episodes, Snap Out of It! podcast | 0 comments

Recorded: August 4, 2022

This week, Snap Out of It! The Mental Illness in the Workplace Podcast with Natasha Tracy is talking to Gary Koplin, Founder, and President at HealthyPlace.com, a large consumer mental health site. Gary has a unique perspective as he specifically hires and manages people with mental illness. He’s worked with people who have had disorders from social phobia to bipolar disorder, from depression to dissociative identity disorder, and everything in between. If anyone knows the ramifications of mental illness in the workplace, it’s Gary.

Hiring and Managing People with Mental Illness

We’re going to be discussing things like:

  • How to hire people with mental illness
  • The differences in managing people with mental illness
  • The effects of mental illness in the workplace
  • The skills and benefits people with mental illness offer workplaces
  • What to watch out for with mental illness in the workplace

Oh, and Gary promises to talk about how this might not be for all everyone. (I’m looking forward to his thoughts on this point the most.

Whether you are in human resources, manage a business, or simply want to ensure diversity in the workplace, you don’t want to miss this episode.

The episode is now available across podcast platforms:

The transcript will be available soon.

About Gary Koplin

Gary Koplin is the Founder and President of HealthyPlace.com, a large consumer mental health website that provides trusted information and support to those with mental health conditions and their loved ones. He started the company in 2000 when a vast majority of people with mental illness were still in hiding, and there was a great deal of shame and stigma surrounding mental illness.  Since that time, tens of millions of people have come to HealthyPlace to better understand their condition and interact with the site through its dozens of bloggers, videos, and social media. As part of his personal mission to help those with mental illness, everyone who works at and for  HealthyPlace lives with a mental health condition, such as bipolar disorder, major depression, PTSD, schizophrenia, and anorexia.

Gary has a Journalism degree from the University of Maryland. After graduation, he was a radio and television news reporter and anchor in various markets, including New York City. While there, he went to Iona College for business classes. Gary is a serial entrepreneur and has started and run four successful businesses over the last 35 years. He mentors other young entrepreneurs and has served on the board of several community organizations.

The Snap Out of It! — Mental Illness in the Workplace Podcast with Natasha Tracy Host

Natasha Tracy is a mental illness writer and speaker, author of the Bipolar Burble blog, and acclaimed book Lost Marbles. She has been a regular columnist on HealthyPlace.com since 2010 and was the recipient of the Beatrice Stern Media Award. She is also the co-author of an academic paper with Prakash Masand MD on the unmet needs in the treatment of bipolar disorder.

With 60,000 followers, Natasha Tracy is a change-maker and mental health thought leader.

For more on Natasha, see here.

To contact Natasha, email her here.

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