In the fall of his junior year at Indiana University, distance runner
Jackson Bertoli was suffering from deep depression. He couldn’t voice
the words to his girlfriend, so he texted her as she sat beside him: I’m
feeling suicidal....
....What I`ve seen in the last decade, really, is performance issues run amok, turned into generalized anxiety disorder," Dr. Sholefield said. USC now has four full-time licensed psychologists and a part-time sports psychiatrist working with athletes.....
....About 30% of athletes come in with sports-performance issues and 70% with mental-health concerns, Dr. Commander said. But most of the 70% have depression or anxiety related to the time demands and pressure of being a varsity athlete, he said.....
...moreBethany`s Notes: Another personal experience by a former runner at Indiana University. College is challenging and being a student athlete has even more challenges. How are we going to tackle these issues?
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