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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

You’ve dreamed for years of trying out for your high school or travel team. You’re passionate, you work hard and you follow advice from all your coaches. As the big day approaches, you become [...]

AAAD founder China McCarney joined Adam Lewis Walker and the Awaken Your Alpha Podcast to discuss AAAD and dealing with Anxiety and Depression. China dives into his Mental Health Journey and [...]