Pro Football Hall of Fame Launches Behavioral Health Program for Players
The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, has announced the creation of a behavioral health program for current and former players.
The program is supported by Hall of Fame president and CEO David Baker, along with hall of famers Ronnie Lott, Brian Dawkins, Steve Atwater, Andre Reed and Tim Brown, along with current players Adrian Peterson and Calais Campbell.
The program, which will incorporate a concierge call center and crisis line, will connect players with services to help with their post-career transition, identity, addiction, performance anxiety, mindfulness and the culture of sports. The new program will be a complement to existing offerings managed by the NFL and its affiliates. The following programs have signed on as Centers of Excellence with Hall of Fame Behavioral Health:
- Ashley Addiction Treatment (Baltimore)
- Aultman Health Foundation (Canton)
- Baylor Scott & White Health (Dallas)
- Emory Healthcare (Atlanta)
- Lindner Center of Hope (Cincinnati)
- Nashville Recovery Center
- New Method Wellness (Southern California)
- Sabino Recovery (Tucson, Arizona)
- Becoming Counseling & Wellness
- Menninger Clinic (Houston)
- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences (San Francisco)
- Vanderbilt Health (Nashville)
The Hall of Fame said in a news release that it expects to add more partner organizations and player ambassadors in the coming months.
The behavioral health program announced this month is not the Hall of Fame’s first health-related initiative. In 2020, the facility launched Hall of Fame Health, which offers a full range of medical care services through a provider network with concierge access at more than a dozen health systems across the nation, as well as a medical advisory board and a partner benefits administrator who assists with access to insurance offerings.
