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Take a Timeout

Addressing mental health among student-athletes is a priority. The goal of ‘Take a Timeout’ was to develop 24 gender-specific podcasts that were scripted with scenarios unique to the student- athlete experience, while introducing psychotherapy strategies and skills-based approaches for coping with mental health challenges. The podcasts are housed on an online resource structured with five modules (problem solving, mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and self-empowerment). Sixty student-athletes were recruited to inform the podcast development through a needs assessment survey and focus groups. Podcast content was scripted for broad dissemination across NCAA institutions.