{
  "id": 8966608,
  "title": "Student-athletes report need for suicide prevention, training",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/student-athletes-report-need-for-suicide-prevention-training",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-21T17:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-student-athletes-suicide.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A survey of college athletes found that nearly 40% reported having suicidal thoughts during their lifetime. Some 86% also said the NCAA should require mental health and suicide prevention training for all athletes. The University of Mississippi and Rutgers University recently worked together to survey 78 student-athletes across NCAA Division I, II and III universities regarding suicidal thoughts…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}