The recent suicides of former UCLA basketball players Tyler Honeycutt and Billy Knight have prompted Bruins radio broadcaster Josh Lewin to launch a website to help people suffering from anxiety and depression.
The site okaytogether.com, set to launch Thursday morning, is intended to provide a forum for people to realize they’re not alone in their struggles. The site will include advice from experts, pathways to organizations that can help and links to about 90 stories from athletes and entertainers detailing their issues and ways in which they’ve combated their problems.
Lewin hopes to dovetail his project with UCLA’s Grand Challenges initiative, which is conducting a comprehensive depression study of 100,000 people to help better understand the disease and formulate more effective treatment methods.