Athlete Mental Health Week is May 4- May 11, 2024
Thank you for signing up for Athlete Mental Health Week (AMHW) 2024! We are grateful for your advocacy as we bring awareness to athlete mental health.
Download the Athlete Mental Health Week Toolkit
The Athlete Mental Health Week toolkit is full of helpful mental health resources, social graphics for you to share, activations for you to join and more!
Together, we believe that by advocating for athlete mental health we can create tangible change as we help to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health.
To access the Athlete Mental Health Week toolkit, click here.
Social Media Athlete Mental Health Week Kickoff Graphics
Please feel free to use the social media graphics below to let others know you are participating in Athlete Mental Health Week. Don’t forget to tag @athletesforhope and @hilinskishope!
Caption (feel free to change so that’s in your own words!): I’m in for Athlete Mental Health Week with @athletesforhope and @hilinskishope! I’m celebrating this week because [your reason here].
Use the below to post to your Instagram Story and write in your why in the blank space. Make sure to tag @athletesforhope and @hilinskishope so we can repost it!
Why Athlete Mental Health Matters
With young adults, especially college athletes, the statistics are startling: 33% of all college students experience significant symptoms of depression, anxiety or other mental health conditions. Among that group, 30% seek help. But of college athletes with mental health conditions, only 10% do. Among professional athletes, data shows that up to 35% of elite athletes suffer from a mental health crisis which may manifest as stress, eating disorders, burnout, or depression and anxiety.
Among U.S. college athletes, suicide is now the second leading cause of death after accidents — and rates have doubled from 7.6% to 15.3% over the past 20 years, according to a study published April 4 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.