Minds matter : how COVID-19 highlighted a growing need to protect and promote athlete mental health
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Gouttebarge, Vincent
Bindra, Abhinav
Drezner, Jonathan
Mkumbuzi, Nonhlanhla
Patricios, Jon
Rao, Ashwin
Thornton, Jane S.
Watson, Andrew
Reardon, Claudia L.
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BMJ Publishing Group
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The Sports and Exercise Medicine community and other sport stakeholders are becoming increasingly aware of the mental health symptoms (eg, depression, anxiety, substance misuse) reported by athletes. In 2019, this led to the publication of the first International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus statement on mental health in this cohort and the establishment of the IOC Mental Health Working Group.1 Over the past 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic and related public health measures have presented additional challenges to the well-being of all populations, including athletes. This editorial reflects on how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a growing need to protect and promote athlete mental health.
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Anxiety, Athletes, Depression, Psychiatry, Psychology, COVID-19 pandemic, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Gouttebarge V, Bindra A, Drezner JA, et al. Minds matter: how COVID-19 highlighted a growing need to protect and promote athlete mental health. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2022; 56: 953-955, doi : 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106017.