May is Mental Health Month, and former Missouri guard Keyon Dooling started it by writing an essay for The Players' Tribune titled Running from a Ghost. In the essay, he shares his story of the sexual abuse he suffered as a child, which led to struggles with mental health as an adult.
Dooling now works as a player wellness counselor for the National Basketball Players Association. At the NBPA’s Top 100 camp, he has overseen the Players Program, which provides top high school prospects with advice on difficult life decisions they could face in the future, such as who to surround themselves with as their careers take off.