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MindGames: Mental health, athletics and COVID-19

Mental Health
October 29, 2020
8:00PM - 9:00PM
Virtual

Date Range
2020-10-29 20:00:00 2020-10-29 21:00:00 MindGames: Mental health, athletics and COVID-19 Time: 7 to 8 p.m. Event Host: Sports and Society at Ohio State Short Description: Mental health is a struggle for so many under the best of circumstances, but the uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis has created even bigger challenges. Join Sports and Society as we talk with mental health experts to identify the challenges faced by our student-athletes and how we can support and guide them through these challenging times. Mental health is a struggle for so many under the best of circumstances, but the uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis has created even bigger challenges. Join Sports and Society as we talk with mental health experts to identify the challenges faced by our student-athletes and how we can support and guide them through these challenging times. Our event is co-chaired by Lori Holtmann, whose husband, Chris, is the Ohio State men's basketball coach. Hayden Grove of Cleveland.com is our master of ceremonies. Panelists: Student-athletes from the Ohio State football, men's basketball, and track and field team James Houle, lead sport psychologist for Ohio State Sports Medicine Jennifer Carter, lead sport psychologist for Ohio State Sports Medicine Chelsi Day, clinical sports psychologist William Parham, director of mental health and wellness of National Basketball Players Association Gina McDowell, clinical educator for Big Lots Behavioral Health Services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. This event is free and open to the public. For more information and to register, click here. If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this webinar, please contact Sports and Society at sportssociety@osu.edu. Requests made two weeks before an event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet all requests. Unable to join the event live? No worries, register anyway. All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar and additional resources following the event. Virtual College of Arts and Sciences asccomm@osu.edu America/New_York public
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Event Host: Sports and Society at Ohio State
Short Description: Mental health is a struggle for so many under the best of circumstances, but the uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis has created even bigger challenges. Join Sports and Society as we talk with mental health experts to identify the challenges faced by our student-athletes and how we can support and guide them through these challenging times.


Mental health is a struggle for so many under the best of circumstances, but the uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis has created even bigger challenges.

Join Sports and Society as we talk with mental health experts to identify the challenges faced by our student-athletes and how we can support and guide them through these challenging times. Our event is co-chaired by Lori Holtmann, whose husband, Chris, is the Ohio State men's basketball coach. Hayden Grove of Cleveland.com is our master of ceremonies.

Panelists:

  • Student-athletes from the Ohio State football, men's basketball, and track and field team
  • James Houle, lead sport psychologist for Ohio State Sports Medicine
  • Jennifer Carter, lead sport psychologist for Ohio State Sports Medicine
  • Chelsi Day, clinical sports psychologist
  • William Parham, director of mental health and wellness of National Basketball Players Association
  • Gina McDowell, clinical educator for Big Lots Behavioral Health Services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information and to register, click here.


If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this webinar, please contact Sports and Society at sportssociety@osu.edu. Requests made two weeks before an event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet all requests.

Unable to join the event live? No worries, register anyway. All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar and additional resources following the event.

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