Forbes May 15, 2024
With Michael Phelps and Simone Biles speaking openly about their mental health challenges in recent years, sports leagues and players associations around the country are making resources available to their athletes. No one is setting a better example than the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA).
In 2019, the NFLPA otherwise known as the National Football League Players Association, the union representing professional football players, formed a Comprehensive Mental Health and Wellness Committee and a mandate requiring teams to retain a Behavioral Health Team Clinician to support player mental health and well-being. The NFLPA offers an extensive list of resources for athletes to utilize.
Amber Cargill, Psy.D., the Director of Player Wellness at the NFLPA since 2019, told me about...
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