{"id":80884,"date":"2019-07-03T09:45:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=80884"},"modified":"2019-07-03T09:45:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:45:18","slug":"working-to-end-the-stigma-athletes-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/working-to-end-the-stigma-athletes-and-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Working to end the stigma: Athletes and mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Kate Constable<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">As sports fans, we often put athletes on pedestals, dehumanizing them in a sense. We think of them as strong, focused and mentally tough, which they are. But this mindset is also part of the reason that mental health issues are too often ignored in sports.<\/p>\n<p>On this episode of Medill Newsmakers, we focus on the role of mental health in sports and how athletes are working to end the stigma surrounding it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Medill Report - Constable\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/340985234?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Will Heininger speaking at the NCAA headquarters (Will Heininger\/Michigan Medicine)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kate Constable Medill Reports As sports fans, we often put athletes on pedestals, dehumanizing them in a sense. We think of them as strong, focused and mentally tough, which they are. But this mindset is also part of the reason that mental health issues are too often ignored in sports. 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