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SA: U.S. Soccer's new Mental Health section on the Recognize to Recover site includes a COVID-specific part, but had already been in the works ...
GEORGE CHIAMPAS: My philosophy as Chief Medical Officer is that it's important for us, with
Recognize to Recover, to tackle all aspects and make information readily available for our sport.
Stuart Sharp [U.S. Soccer Paralympic head coach] is a big advocate on the mental health side. We brought in former national team player
John O'Brien [who earned a degree in psychology]. Obviously, his perspective is so important as a former player who is working in the psychology space.
Jim Moorehouse from our programing side, and
Laura McLane, one of our national team athletic trainers, were among others bringing this content together.
Depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder -- those are areas that we want our coaches, our players and our parents across the country to have a resource to turn to. Mental health is something we want to start speaking about in our sport.
Let's see if you can answer a question for me.
What should a coach do if he suspects a player may have mental health issues?