288: Patricia Deldin On College Athlete Mental Health & Mood Lifters

With Patricia’s expertise in the field of mental health and her personal background as an ex-college athlete, Patricia started Mood Lifters. Mood Lifters is a mental health program that organizes member groups that are led by peer leaders. Specializing in the mental health of college athletes, Mood Lifters has support groups consisting of college athletes, led by (ex-)college athletes who endured all the trials and tribulations themselves. Camille Davre is such a peer leader at Mood Lifters. She joins this podcast to talk about her role as a peer leader and college athlete, and how college athletes’ mental health issues are best understood by other college athletes. In this episode, we take a deep dive into all aspects of the mental health of (college) athletes. You do not want to miss out on this engaging and insightful episode on The CUSP show. The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports. The CUSP Show is hosted by Joe Favorito (@Joefav) and Tom Richardson (@ConvergenceTR). The show is produced by Yash Agarwal ’22 (@yashagarwal655) and Sam Marks ’22, with Jillian Quinn ’22 (@JillianMQuinn) and Dominique Smith ’22 managing social media efforts.