Psychotherapeutic Applications in Elite Sport: Promoting Mental Health Among Athletes

Stillman, Mark A.; Farmer, Hudson; Glick, Ira D.

doi:10.4324/9781003099345-29

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“…16 Together, early specialization, intensive commitment to the singular pursuit of sport, increasingly strict training and lifestyle demands, and a win-atall-costs approach contribute to mental health challenges often seen during the retirement transition. 103,137 Organizations can influence mental health through the leadership and cultures that are maintained and promoted. For example, at their worst, disturbing high profile cases have demonstrated how toxic, secretive, and abusive practices from those in positions of power and leadership have been tolerated in pursuit of sports achievement.…”

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Mental Health Among Elite Youth Athletes: A Narrative Overview to Advance Research and Practice

Walton,

Purcell,

Henderson

et al. 2024

Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach

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Context: Participation in sports during youth is typically beneficial for mental health. However, it is unclear whether elite sport contexts contribute to greater risk of psychological distress or disorder. The aims of this paper are to highlight conceptual issues that require resolution in future research and practice, and to examine the key factors that may contribute to the mental health of elite youth athletes (EYAs). Evidence Acquisition: A narrative overview of the literature combined with the clinical and research expertise of the authors. Study Design: Narrative overview. Level of Evidence: Level 5. Results: EYAs experience a range of biopsychosocial developmental changes that interact with mental health in a multitude of ways. In addition, there are various sport-specific factors that contribute to the mental health of EYAs that may become more prominent in elite contexts. These include - but are not limited to - patterns relating to athlete coping and self-relating styles, the nature of peer, parental, and coach relationships, organizational culture and performance pressures, and mental health service provision and accessibility. Conclusion: A range of critical factors across individual, interpersonal, organizational, and societal domains have been shown to contribute to mental health among EYAs. However, this evidence is limited by heterogeneous samples and varied or imprecise terminology regarding what constitutes “youth” and “elite” in sport. Nevertheless, it is clear that EYAs face a range of risks that warrant careful consideration to progress to best practice principles and recommendations for mental health promotion and intervention in elite youth sport. SORT: Level C.

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Mental Health Among Elite Youth Athletes: A Narrative Overview to Advance Research and Practice

Walton,

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Henderson

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Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach

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“…creating anxiety for some players. That might lead to cognitive difficulties like disfunctional anxiety or disorders like GAD or dysthymia [4, 6, 8, 9].…”

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A sports medicine update to American basketball

Glick,

Zaccaria

2023

Sports Psychiatry

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This article updates our previous papers on psychiatric aspects of basketball, which had the aim of providing diagnostic and treatment implications for physicians doing Sports Medicine and Sports Psychiatry. Using articles from the sports media and from clinical experience, we update that broad overview from the European perspective. That is focusing on those athletes born in Europe or who have arrived in the U.S. born in Africa via Europe, who have in important and new ways changed the American game. As such, this is the first paper that details the European perspective for athletes, athletic teams, leagues, countries, and the sport itself. These athletes have changed the nature i.e. style, psychology, and medical-psychiatric aspects of this American gamechanges which Sports Psychiatrists need to be aware of to improve treatment efficacy.In 1989, one of us (IDG) wrote the first paper on "psychiatric aspects of basketball" with the aim of providing diagnostic and treatment implications for physicians doing Sports Medicine and Sports Psychiatry [1]. In that paper, we described "mental health," physical health, and the psychiatric aspects of the game in three related areas/issues: 1) individual, 2) team, 3) community and country. We wrote: History

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“…Transitioning out of sport due to planned or unplanned/involuntary retirement (often due to serious/chronic injury or performance decline) is associated with adjustment difficulties, loss of identity and mental ill-health [ 6 , 7 ]. The latter includes elevated rates of depression, suicidality, anxiety, low self-esteem, and substance use [ 6 , 8 – 12 ]. Given the importance of athlete adjustment when transitioning out of elite sport, sporting organisations are increasingly investing in programs to support athletes during this career phase, recognising that this transition is a process rather than a single-occasion activity [ 7 , 13 ].…”

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Athlete Mental Health and Wellbeing During the Transition into Elite Sport: Strategies to Prepare the System

Pilkington,

Rice,

Olive

et al. 2024

Sports Med - Open

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The transition into elite-level sport can expose young athletes to risk factors for mental ill-health, including increased performance expectations, stressors associated with becoming increasingly public figures, and changes in lifestyle demands, such as diet, training loads and sleep. Successful integration into elite-level sport requires athletes to quickly adapt to these newfound challenges and the norms and culture of the new sport setting, while developing relationships with teammates, coaches, and support staff. Despite these demands, the mental health experiences of athletes transitioning into elite-level sport have been largely neglected in sport psychology literature. This is reflected in the dearth of programs for supporting mental health during this career phase, particularly relative to retirement transition programs. In this article, we offer a preliminary framework for supporting athletes’ mental health during the transition into elite-level sport. This framework is based on holistic, developmental, and ecological perspectives. Our framework outlines a range of recommendations for promoting mental health and preventing mental ill-health, including individual-level, relational, sport-level, and sociocultural-level strategies. Key recommendations include preparing athletes for the challenges they are likely to face throughout their athletic careers, highlighting athletes’ competence earlier in their careers, developing supportive relationships in the sport setting, and fostering psychologically safe sporting cultures. Supporting mental health from earlier in the athletic career is likely to promote athletes’ overall wellbeing, support enjoyment and retention in sport, and encourage help-seeking.

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Psychotherapeutic Applications in Elite Sport: Promoting Mental Health Among Athletes

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Mental Health Among Elite Youth Athletes: A Narrative Overview to Advance Research and Practice

Mental Health Among Elite Youth Athletes: A Narrative Overview to Advance Research and Practice

A sports medicine update to American basketball

Athlete Mental Health and Wellbeing During the Transition into Elite Sport: Strategies to Prepare the System

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