Mockup
The icons are from Adobe spark.
Quick sketch ideas
Mobile Font
The mobile font must be easily readable. Quicksand medium, Basic Sans, Schwager Sans are decent choices. I may use two, one for larger (display type) and one for smaller (text type).
Hierarchy
The major information such as the purpose of the site will be indicated at the very top whether through images or words or a combination. Next comes the other details of the websites such as pictures, words, phrases that help easily route individuals to appropriate support or documentation.
They need to be heard all the way through, and to that they have to know that it is acceptable to seek help.
It is easy to find help for yourself or others.
The phone app should convey the ease at which help is available.
They must know the truth that having a mental health concern should not be overlooked.
It is okay to have mental health issues, but not okay to neglect them.
Being an athlete means that one must not only take care of their physical, but also their mental.
Many other stressors can provoke unmet underlying mental health concerns and exacerbate any problem.
The app clarifies the different areas that contribute to mental health including symptoms.
The app includes a checklist that universally represent psychological distress and underlying mental health concern.
The app should provide excellent protocol and routing to a practitioner.
basketball player Royce White story.
Aaron Taylor story.
Research
"trapping themselves in a black hole of despair” (NCAA.org & Cindy Miller Aron, 2021, The haunting legacy of abuse, para. 18 ).
“Reckless behaviors are efforts to manage intolerable feelings, and are but temporary solutions that inevitably exacerbate the circumstance at best and can land individuals in considerable trouble at the worst” (NCAA.org & Cindy Miller Aron, 2021, The haunting legacy of abuse, para. 17 ).
“This can be mitigated with keen recognition of the signs of psychiatric distress, combined with early intervention and treatment” (NCAA.org & Cindy Miller Aron, 2021, The haunting legacy of abuse, para. 19).
“We’re so conditioned to doing this that we often default to such behavior in our everyday lives. Unfortunately, masking emotional issues doesn’t work as well in the game of life as it does helping us play through a high ankle sprain” (NCAA.org & Aaron Taylor, 2014, Game face isn’t the only face, para. 9).
“It also helps explain why so many emotional and mental-health problems go unnoticed. Players become masters at keeping their game faces on all the time, often until it’s too late” (NCAA.org & Aaron Taylor, 2014, Game face isn’t the only face, para. 10).
“Student-athletes are college students, with all the challenges and opportunities presented to emerging adults, and with an additional role – as sports performer and in many cases campus celebrities, wearing the colors of their school and representing hopes and expectations of their campus and community” (NCAA.org & Dr. Brian Hainline, 2021, An introduction to Mind, Body and Sport, para. 3).
“These various scenarios – as well as the lack of a model structure and the fact that not all schools have access to the same resources – can make efficient and timely referrals difficult” (Mind Body and Sport – Understanding and Supporting Student-Athlete Mental Wellness, n.d., as cited by NCAA.org & Rachel Sharpe, 2021, Solving the mental health puzzle, para. 8).
“The culture works against someone who has the misfortune of being combustible in any way … Explanations are excuses, and feelings aren’t explored amid all the testosterone. Sensitive equals soft. Asking for help is viewed as weakness” (Dan Le Batard, n.d., as cited in Mind Body and Sport – Understanding and Supporting Student-Athlete Mental Wellness, n.d., as cited by NCAA.org & Rachel Sharpe, 2021, Solving the mental health puzzle, para. 9).
References
NCAA.org & Aaron Taylor, (2014), Game face isn’t the only face, (para. 9, 10),
NCAA.org & Cindy Miller Aron, (2021), The haunting legacy of abuse, (para. 17, 18,
19),
NCAA.org & Dr. Brian Hainline, (2021), An introduction to Mind, Body and Sport, (para. 3),
Mind Body and Sport – Understanding and Supporting Student-Athlete Mental
Wellness, (n.d.), as cited by NCAA.org & Rachel Sharpe, (2021), Solving the
mental health puzzle, (para. 8, 9),
