Depression Assessment

Edwards, Carla

doi:10.1016/j.psc.2021.04.011

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“…However, struggling with mental health symptoms or disorders in the sport environment can negatively influence performance, which can have a further negative impact on mental health. The relationship and interactions between individual dispositional characteristics (such as personality, coping skills, psychological strengths, and schemas), and cognitive, emotional and behavioral experiences during and after competition are complex and can impact sport performance [1, 6]. Optimizing mental health support for athletes may enhance their ability to remain in states reflecting function (green zone) or reversible distress (yellow zone).…”

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“…Suspicion and exploration of medical causes for symptoms may also require removal from play until results are received. Sport interruption due to physical health reasons, including injuries, can impact athlete mental health [1, 3, 6, 26] but will not be further explored in this paper.…”

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“…Symptoms and disorders may be experienced episodically and be influenced by sport-specific factors [4]. While physical activity and sports are known to have positive general effects on mental health, certain individual- and sport-specific factors may result in the opposite being true for some groups of athletes [2, 6, 7, 8].…”

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Mental health considerations for athlete removal from play and return to play planning

Edwards

2023

Sports Psychiatry

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Introduction: Athletes experience the same mental health disorders as the general population. When mental health symptoms or disorders are experienced more acutely, there may be occasions when the treating team needs to decide if it is in the best interest of the athlete to be removed from the sport environment for treatment and recovery. If an athlete has been away from the sport environment due to mental health symptoms or disorders, the treating team should be deliberate and collaborative in guiding their return. Removal-from-play (RFP) and return-to-play (RTP) decisions involving an athlete who has experienced mental health challenges can be complex. Methods: The literature around athlete mental health was reviewed to explore contributing and mitigating factors to mental health challenges in this population. General psychiatric recovery trajectories for selected mental illnesses were reviewed to inform RTP planning through and beyond illness episodes. The literature related to RFP and RTP for athletes in terms of specific physical factors (concussion and musculoskeletal injury) and mental health factors (specifically, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders) was also reviewed. Results: A scoping overview of athlete- and sport-specific factors yielded a framework that can be used to guide athlete support, RFP and RTP planning through and beyond mental health-related sport interruption. Conclusion: When mental health symptoms and disorders are present, decisions guiding RFP and RTP should be guided by clinical assessment of safety, stability and function. Due to the complex nature of mental disorders and the interaction of sport elements, it is recommended that sports psychiatrists are involved in the assessment and management process.

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confidence: 99%