In the most recent version of the NCAA mental health best practices, the core content has remained largely the same, but one crucial difference exists. Each NCAA member institution must demonstrate how they are fulfilling these practices by November 2025. As a reminder, the NCAA mental health best practices are: Create healthy environments that support mental health and promote well-being Procedures for identification of student-athletes with mental health symptoms and disorders, including mental health screening tools Mental health action plans that outline referral pathways for student-athletes to qualified providers Licensure of providers who oversee and manage student-athlete mental health care As athletic directors and other department staff work to establish these practices, they need to understand them and the variety of ways each can be accomplished and have a solid understanding of sport psychology as a discipline. Developing this understanding (and how it is different from...