Category: Mental health
Confidentiality in athlete mental health care: perspectives from multi-disciplinary team staff
Multi-disciplinary team working is common within sport science teams. However, little is known about how these teams can work effectively to support athlete mental health.
Return to play: athlete experiences of returning to elite sport following a mental health leave of absence
There are no established guidance for navigating an athlete’s return to their sport following a leave of absence due to mental health concerns. Research is needed to explore how this is currently managed and identify issues to be addressed.
Social, psychological, and psychopathological predictors of disordered eating
Exploring social media use, body appreciation, self-esteem, anxiety and depressive symptoms as predictors of disordered eating.
An illness like any other? Exploring understandings of mental illness in elite sport settings
The “mental illness is like any other illness” trope may inflate stigma rather than reduce it.