Partnership will bring greater access to
quality mental health care to college athletes
BALLENTINE, S.C. and BOSTON, Oct. 6, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- Hilinski's Hope Foundation (H3H), founded by
Mark and Kym Hilinski to honor the
legacy of their son Tyler today announced a partnership with
Amwell® (NYSE: AMWL), a leader in digital health care
enablement, to give college athletes and their communities greater
access to quality mental health care. This partnership, launched
during 2022 College Football Mental Health Week will provide
student athletes on up to 10 pilot campuses with important tools
and resources to help them manage their mental health and
wellbeing.
As part of the partnership, Amwell will provide a digital
health coach mobile app to help student athletes manage their
mental health and wellbeing any time, from anywhere. This tool is
built on years of research and leverages Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy (CBT) to provide self-guided programs, and can incorporate
human coaches or escalate care to virtual visits with a licensed
behavioral health provider or in-person settings depending on the
individual patient needs. The digital care coach mobile app will
make it easy for student athletes to access the mental health care
they need at the time and in the mode of their comfort level.
Fifty six percent of college students report having fair or
poor mental health. Even more staggering, one in five students have
struggled with suicidal ideation during college. Mental health
stigma often has kept students and athletes from seeking help.
However, as stigma has begun to decline and more students start to
seek support from counselors and other mental health professionals,
the demand is far outpacing supply, with students typically having
to wait weeks or months to get a mental health care
appointment. While colleges aim to find resources to hire trained
mental health professionals to meet demand, digital health
resources can provide students on-demand access to both information
and clinical professionals when they need it most.
"We are facing a growing crisis. The situation is particularly
difficult on college campuses, where many students are silently
struggling with significant mental health challenges," said
Mark Hilinski, Co-Founder of H3H.
"We are honored to partner with Amwell to help extend our mutual
mission of providing quality mental health resources. This new
program marks an important milestone in our work, as Hilinski's
Hope will have the capability to support student athletes 24/7/365
with a resource in the palm of their hand. We are proud this
partnership will allow us to offer additional educational tools as
well as a pathway to receiving therapeutic support to meet the
nationwide calls for more behavioral health resources on college
campuses."
"Amwell behavioral health solutions are comprehensive,
personalized, and effective. They are built to support individuals
throughout their entire mental health journey, reducing care access
barriers and improving outcomes," said Matt
McCormick, group vice president, Amwell Behavioral
Healthcare. "It's an honor to partner with H3H, who has already
made a difference in the lives of so many college athletes. We look
forward to helping them extend their reach and give those in need
easy access to the care they deserve."
H3H works to raise awareness, eliminate stigma, and provide
mental health resources. Throughout the year, Mark and Kym Hilinski visit college campuses
across the country to speak with student athletes and share their
son's story. This year, H3H partnered with over 115 universities
for College Football Mental Health Week.
For more on H3H or to sign up to learn more about the care coach
mobile app, please visit: http://hilinskishope.org/join. To learn
more about Amwell Behavioral Health Solutions, please click
here.
About Hilinski's Hope
Foundation
Hilinski's Hope Foundation is a non-profit organization formed
to promote awareness and education of mental health and wellness
for student athletes. The Foundation's mission is to educate,
advocate, and eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness,
while funding programs that provide student-athletes with the tools
and resources that support their mental health and wellness.
Founded in 2018 by Mark and Kym
Hilinski to honor the life of their son Tyler, H3H helps
colleges and universities save lives, eliminate stigma, and scale
mental wellness programs for student-athletes. H3H does this
by sharing Tyler's story, connecting students with mental health
resources, and assisting universities to institutionalize best
practices.
About Amwell
Amwell is a leading digital care delivery platform in
the United States and globally,
connecting and enabling providers, insurers, patients, and
innovators to deliver greater access to more affordable, higher
quality care. Amwell believes that digital care delivery will
transform healthcare. The Company offers a single, comprehensive
platform to support all digital health needs from urgent to acute
and post-acute care, as well as chronic care management and healthy
living. With over a decade of experience, Amwell powers digital
health solutions for over 2,000 hospitals and 55 health plan
partners with over 36,000 employers, covering over 80 million
lives. For more information, please visit
https://business.amwell.com/.
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