How The University Of Michigan Is Bringing Mental Health Care To Its Student Athletes

Will Heininger, a sport management major at the University of Michigan, was living what was supposed to be a dream. He was playing football for UM, a school that shapes the entire character of Ann Arbor, the city where Heininger grew up. But at 19, he found himself struggling with depression — not that he knew to call it that, at the time. What he knew was that he had “no motivation” and could find “no pleasure in anything,” as he would later describe it.....

....There is a concern for their status on the team and their playing time. Some of them worry that if they reveal what people think of as a weakness, that might hurt their chances for playing,” said Daniel Eisenberg

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Bethany`s Notes
Notes: Here is a university who has taken the mental health of student athletes to a whole new level. Their work on Athletes Connected is changing how student athletes AND coaches think about mental health. NCAA is funding more research studies as well. It is way past due.....