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#Truth: pre-race nerves plague many runners. #Truth: running can be an effective antidote to anxiety. Also #truth, yet rarely uttered aloud: there are those of us who run with anxiety. This type of anxiety is an exercise induced stress. People like me, that are prone...

Dear Athlete, If you're reading this, that means that you are most likely a baseball player. Your mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, great uncle Steve etc. most likely received this email on your behalf and shared it with you because you are currently snap chatting your...

Absenteeism is one of the most noticeable symptoms of people who deal with mental health problems while holding down a job. But there’s also presenteeism, when people show up for work yet are unable to perform their best because of how they’re feeling. And the need to...

Written by: Jennifer Bennet (Taylor Benefits Insurance) Photo - Sydney Sims on Unsplash If you suffer from a mental health illness and have a health insurance plan from work, your athletic team or a business group, chances are that it will cover mental health services...

AAAD partnered with the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball to put on their FIRST EVER Mental Health Awareness Day in team history! On Sunday September 15th, 2019 AAAD, the Diamondbacks and other Mental Health organizations provided information and resources...

AAAD partnered with the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA to put on the FIRST EVER Mental Health Awareness night in the WNBA! On Sunday June 24th, 2018 AAAD, the Sparks and other Mental Health organizations provided information and resources to everyone in attendance at...

Ryan "China" McCarney has played sports his entire life, but sometimes he has to force himself to show up on the field to play pick-up soccer with his friends. "I'm dreading and I'm anticipating the worst. But I do it anyway. And then, it's a euphoric sensation when...

How former professional baseball player, China McCarney, leveraged his own battle with anxiety to create a foundation that provides athletes with the resources they need to conquer mental health disorders. The Olympics are over and although they didn’t perform as well...

On November 5th, right after halftime against the Hawks, I had a panic attack. It came out of nowhere. I’d never had one before. I didn’t even know if they were real. But it was real — as real as a broken hand or a sprained ankle. Since that day, almost everything...