Below is an excerpt from MLive.com By Ryan Zuke Ty Groce had it all going right for him on the basketball court during his senior year at Ypsilanti Lincoln. He was a match-up nightmare against opponents, averaging 17.6 points, 11.7 rebounds, 4.4 blocks and 3.4 steals per game. The 6-foot-7 …
Below is an exceprt from the Huffington Post Australia By Luke Cooper A cast of former elite Australian athletes have openly admitted to struggling with mental health issues, addiction and coming to terms with their identities after retiring from the sports in which they became champions. Appearing on the first …
Read the original story on News Medical Sport has long been known to promote a sense of well-being, but at an elite level, athletes are just as likely to suffer from depression as people who don’t do any sport, a new study has found. The research from the University of …
By Jeremy Fallis, Depression Center Multimedia Services Communicator It is our pleasure to unveil the new AthletesConnected.umich.edu. Over the past few months, we have been revamping, retooling and renewing all the best parts of this website in order to fit our key audiences: student-athletes, coaches, researchers, and family and friends …
Former U-M swimmer and Athletes Connected representative Kally Fayhee and U-M athletics counselor Barb Hansen contributed quotes to a story written by the NCAA for the New York Times. Below is an excerpt. Pressures can quickly accumulate for young people as they transition from home and high school to life …
