RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019)
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP 667
OP 699
DO 10.1136/bjsports-2019-100715
VO 53
IS 11
A1 Reardon, Claudia L
A1 Hainline, Brian
A1 Aron, Cindy Miller
A1 Baron, David
A1 Baum, Antonia L
A1 Bindra, Abhinav
A1 Budgett, Richard
A1 Campriani, Niccolo
A1 Castaldelli-Maia, João Mauricio
A1 Currie, Alan
A1 Derevensky, Jeffrey Lee
A1 Glick, Ira D
A1 Gorczynski, Paul
A1 Gouttebarge, Vincent
A1 Grandner, Michael A
A1 Han, Doug Hyun
A1 McDuff, David
A1 Mountjoy, Margo
A1 Polat, Aslihan
A1 Purcell, Rosemary
A1 Putukian, Margot
A1 Rice, Simon
A1 Sills, Allen
A1 Stull, Todd
A1 Swartz, Leslie
A1 Zhu, Li Jing
A1 Engebretsen, Lars
YR 2019
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/53/11/667.abstract
AB Mental health symptoms and disorders are common among elite athletes, may have sport related manifestations within this population and impair performance. Mental health cannot be separated from physical health, as evidenced by mental health symptoms and disorders increasing the risk of physical injury and delaying subsequent recovery. There are no evidence or consensus based guidelines for diagnosis and management of mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes. Diagnosis must differentiate character traits particular to elite athletes from psychosocial maladaptations.Management strategies should address all contributors to mental health symptoms and consider biopsychosocial factors relevant to athletes to maximise benefit and minimise harm. Management must involve both treatment of affected individual athletes and optimising environments in which all elite athletes train and compete. To advance a more standardised, evidence based approach to mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes, an International Olympic Committee Consensus Work Group critically evaluated the current state of science and provided recommendations.