The National Alliance on Mental Illnesslists talking openly about mentalhealthas the first way to reduce stigma. And an early advocate for speaking out about players'mental health,Metta World Peace– who changed his name from Ron Artestin 2011– notes that when he first talked about his struggle...
"Letting go and letting God, and then learning. Learning a lot about mental health resources, learning about what mental health really is," Mattison said. "And how you can have positive practices to combat those days where sometimes it just feels like you're running straight into ...
For two years, I was a team captain. Teammates often felt more comfortable coming to me (to talk about mental health). If there was something I couldn’t handle, I’d bring it to my coaches. But sometimes that kept students from talking to me because they were worried I’d rat them ...
“Our country is facing a pervasive mental health crisis. We can help one another by talking about the rituals we embrace to support our mental health,” said Dr. William A. Smith, chief executive administrator at Huntsman Mental Health Institute. “So many sports fans look up ...
If coaches focus on the Xs and Os without looking after the Janes and the Joes, then they might experience a dropout from their teams and squads. This article will look at ways of introducing measures into their coaching sessions that help young athletes improve their mental health and well-...
2.2.2. Positive mental health We measured positive mental health with the 14-item Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (Tennant et al., 2007). Participants were asked to respond to the 14 statements while thinking about the past month. The stem for each statement was “In the past mont...
Mental health encompasses both mental health problems and well-being (Uphill et al., 2016). In recent years, world-renowned athletes, including Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, and Naomi Osaka, have directed public attention to the issue of mental health in elite sport by talking openly about thei...
“If you know more about how you’re navigating your own [mental health], your sport can be a supplement, rather than a primary means of caring for it,” Saul says. Therapy can also teach us how to apply the strength and grit that get us through sport to other areas of our lives....
The mental health programs that do exist, such as the NHL’s Substance Abuse and Behavioural Health Program which help players cope with the use of performance-enhancing drugs, still focus more on the sport than on athletes’ lives. Yet newer initiatives like Hockey Talks have shown more pro...
Coming off her gold-medal performance at the Beijing Games, 22-year-old snowboarder Chloe Kim said this week she plans to take off the 2022-23 season to focus on her mental health, citing the need to press reset after a "draining year."