Mental Health and Aviation

Pilots need to care for their psyches before ups and downs in life affect that time in the cockpit.

The NTSB summit sought to address the way the FAA handles mental health challenges.

You may feel better on the medication, but you’ll fly worse.

Here’s where aviators can turn for support—and why it’s important when the struggle with identity underlies any illness.

Pilots get anxiety and depression just like many of the rest of us do, but they seem less likely to seek support and treatment. Why? How can we change it?

To mark Mental Health Month Awareness Month, FLYING gathered a quartet of experts to discuss the state of mental health and the aviation industry.

Aeromedical researcher Dr. William Hoffman says where the conversation begins is very striking.

Elizabeth Bjerke, an associate dean at the University of North Dakota, discusses what’s changed at her school since the death of flight student John Hauser, and what changes are still to come.

Watch as an expert panel gives advice to those wrestling with that question.

As part of FLYING’s Mental Health Roundtable, one expert spells out the importance of preventative measures.