Suicide, sport and medicine

Malcolm, Dominic; Scott, Andrea

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2012-090974

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“…Therefore, further studies are needed in order to clarify this issue. Especially as suicide is a fact of sporting life, and it is essential to prevent those tragic deaths suggested by Malcolm and Scott ().…”

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Increased mortality rate and suicide in Swedish former elite male athletes in power sports

Lindqvist

Moberg

Ehrnborg

et al. 2013

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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Physical training has been shown to reduce mortality in normal subjects, and athletes have a healthier lifestyle after their active career as compared with normal subjects. Since the 1950s, the use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) has been frequent, especially in power sports. The aim of the present study was to investigate mortality, including causes of death, in former Swedish male elite athletes, active 1960-1979, in wrestling, powerlifting, Olympic lifting, and the throwing events in track and field when the suspicion of former AAS use was high. Results indicate that, during the age period of 20-50 years, there was an excess mortality of around 45%. However, when analyzing the total study period, the mortality was not increased. Mortality from suicide was increased 2-4 times among the former athletes during the period of 30-50 years of age compared with the general population of men. Mortality rate from malignancy was lower among the athletes. As the use of AAS was marked between 1960 and 1979 and was not doping-listed until 1975, it seems probable that the effect of AAS use might play a part in the observed increased mortality and suicide rate. The otherwise healthy lifestyle among the athletes might explain the low malignancy rates.

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Increased mortality rate and suicide in Swedish former elite male athletes in power sports

Lindqvist

Moberg

Ehrnborg

et al. 2013

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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“…Atkinson, 2012;Markula, 2003), body image and physicality (e.g. Monaghan, 2001), and suicide (Malcolm and Scott, 2012). The complex and contradictory relationships between sport, health and medicine more broadly have also received significant attention from sociologists (e.g.…”

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The Sociology of Sports Work, Emotions and Mental Health: Scoping the Field and Future Directions

Roderick¹,

Smith

Potrac

2017

Sociology of Sport Journal

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“…In 2005, The Lancet published an essay by Kerry Mummery, a former American nationallevel swimming coach, surrounding the debilitating effects of depression in professional sport. (Malcolm & Scott, 2012). More recently in the United Kingdom (UK) we have witnessed a professional soccer coach reveal his experiences of living and working with a mental illness (i.e.…”

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Lifting the veil of depression and alcoholism in sport coaching: how do we care for carers?

Roberts

Baker

Reeves

et al. 2018

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

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The purpose of this article is to explore the insights of an elite sport coach living with comorbid depression and alcohol misuse. Such consideration is necessary because as coaching is increasingly repositioned as a caring activity ; the wellbeing of coaches themselves has rarely been considered. To address this gap, a narrative analysis methodology and a story telling approach was used to present the experiences of a case study coach (Steve). The story is derived from Steve's own perspective and the perspective of his wife, Jane. This novel multi-voiced approach reveals the complex interplay between the sporting environment, Steve's depression and his alcohol related problems. In doing so, Steve's story makes an original contribution by unveiling the issue of mental health in elite sport coaching. Steve's story depicts the significant impact of depressive symptoms, coupled by excessive alcohol use on a coach, their personal life, and their career. The Using the work of Goffman and Sartre, the story also alludes to how such symptoms can be hidden, to greater and lesser extents, from professional colleagues. This is an important theoretical contribution, because in order to care for coaches, colleagues, employers, and health professionals will need to understand the needs of individuals such as Steve. Developing an open and supportive culture, which accepts that coaches are fallible, may however be a challenge within professional sport contexts.

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Suicide, sport and medicine

Cited by 14 publications

References 4 publications

Increased mortality rate and suicide in Swedish former elite male athletes in power sports

Increased mortality rate and suicide in Swedish former elite male athletes in power sports

The Sociology of Sports Work, Emotions and Mental Health: Scoping the Field and Future Directions

Lifting the veil of depression and alcoholism in sport coaching: how do we care for carers?

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