Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019).

Journal: British journal of sports medicine

Volume: 53

Issue: 11

Year of Publication: 2019

Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA clreardon@wisc.edu. National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Department of Psychiatry, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, Oregon, USA. Office of the President, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, USA. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Mohali, Punjab, India. Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland. Sports Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland. Department of Neuroscience, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo Andre, Brazil. Regional Affective Disorders Service, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, UK. International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High Risk Behaviors, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Meibergdreef , Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Department of Psychiatry, Chung Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Department of Family Medicine-Sport, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Department of Psychiatry, Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey. Research and Translation, Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Athletic Medicine, University Health Services, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Department of Research and Translation, Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. National Football League, New York, New York, USA. Athletic Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. Social Sport, Zheng Zhou University, Zheng Zhou, He Nan Province, China. Orthopaedic Clinic, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Abstract summary 

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.

Authors & Co-authors:  Reardon Claudia L CL Hainline Brian B Aron Cindy Miller CM Baron David D Baum Antonia L AL Bindra Abhinav A Budgett Richard R Campriani Niccolo N Castaldelli-Maia João Mauricio JM Currie Alan A Derevensky Jeffrey Lee JL Glick Ira D ID Gorczynski Paul P Gouttebarge Vincent V Grandner Michael A MA Han Doug Hyun DH McDuff David D Mountjoy Margo M Polat Aslihan A Purcell Rosemary R Putukian Margot M Rice Simon S Sills Allen A Stull Todd T Swartz Leslie L Zhu Li Jing LJ Engebretsen Lars L

Study Outcome 

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Citations : 
Authors :  27
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1136/bjsports-2019-100715
SSN : 1473-0480
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Athletes
Other Terms
consensus statement;elite performance;mental;psychiatry;psychology
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
England