Elite athletes perform at a very high level and often spend hours and years training, participating in their sport and working with coaches and teammates. In addition to being susceptible to injuries and illness, increasingly important to consider are mental health (MH) concerns in athletes. The ...
"What we can do is what we have been doing, is offer the support and all the tools that we have put in place here at the Games where we are offering psychological assistance for athletes with mental health challenges and issues," said Bach. "Where we have the Athlete365 program, to wh...
Better mental health.There’s a direct link between anxiety and depression, yet there’s still a stigma around seeking treatment. Increased access to and acceptance of mental health services is vital. Talk with your health care provider about any concerns you have. Protecting yourself now puts yo...
MINNEAPOLIS — In the 2021 Summer Olympics, Simone Biles withdrew from the women's team finals because of mental health challenges. It's a common battle for athletes, especially competing at the highest level. That's where people like Dr. Carly Anderson, the owner of Premier Sports Ps...
module called “Staying Mentally Fit”. Part of theGangwon 2024 Readiness Programme, the course was aimed at raising awareness of the impact that one’s mental state can have on sporting performance as well as empowering athletes with strategies to help them cop...
AIS research among the nation's 2,500 high-performance athletes showed one in three were dealing with mental health or wellbeing concerns. AIS Acting CEO Matti Clements said there were many reasons people sought mental health support including for their "relationships, transition in and out of sp...
“Further strengthen safe sport and the protection of clean athletes”) reinforces the importance of increasing mental health support programmes for elite athletes and their entourages and promote the physical and mental health benefits of sport, leveraging th...
[Source: SportAccord] SportAccord is delighted to confirm today, Natalie Cook, 5 times Olympian and Gold Medallist representing Australia in Beach Volleyball, will go under the microscope at HealthAccord (7 May 2019) and take part in this year’s Fireside Chat on Mental Health....
Recent research has attested to the prevalence of mental health issues in sport, and the need to identify factors that could promote athletes’ mental health. In this study, we investigated: (a) whether authentic leadership is associated with athletes’ mental health directly and indirectly via psy...
Having empathy with the young athlete does not mean that you are ‘soft’ (and coaches who think this might question why they are coaching in the first place) but that you care. Remember that Teddy Roosevelt said, “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care...