Sport Psychology in the News

This page lists various articles and videos of athletes, sport performance specialists and mental health professionals discussing the importance of mental health. Many articles and video depict an athlete's experience with managing their own mental health and how they hope to continue to destigmatize mental health in the sports world. These resources are a reminder that mental health is just as important as physical health!

Articles

• NCAA: Helping support student-athlete mental health
• The Players Tribune
• ESPN: Mental Health Awareness Month 2020
• Sydney Miramontez reflects on struggles with mental health
• The Media should be careful when talking about Kyrie Irving & Mental Health
• Sport Psychologists help professional and amateur athletes
• Rockies Reliever, uses mental training to help himself and his teammates
• Effect of empty stadiums on athletes mental health due to COVID pandemic
• Focusing on Student Athlete's Mental Health
• Pro Football Hall of Fame forms Hall of Fame Behavioral Health Program

Videos

• How Sleep Affects Athletic performance
• Dustin Johnson's short term memory mental 'island'
• George Mumford on Mindfulness in Sports
• The mental aspect of Baseball
• Kobe Bryant: We can no longer ignore our mental health
• It's okay not to be 'okay': what top athletes have said about their mental health