Commentary: Mental Health in Sport (MHS): Improving the Early Intervention Knowledge and Confidence of Elite Sport Staff

Gulliver, Amelia

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01209

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“…The studies should include comparison groups and long-term follow up to better understand the maintenance of changes demonstrated from the intervention. Gulliver (2017) suggested that studies with long-term follow-up tend to be sparse because it requires more time to collect that data. Although this might be difficult for many academics who feel pressured to publish and do not have time to wait to collect follow-up, it is a worthy endeavor that will improve the quality of research in this area.…”

Section: Mental Health Interventionsmentioning

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Stigma, attitudes, and intentions to seek mental health services in college student-athletes

Hilliard

Watson

Zizzi

2020

Journal of American College Health

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Stigma, attitudes, and intentions to seek mental health services in college student-athletes Robert Hilliard Previous researchers have found several factors that act as barriers to college student-athletes seeking mental health services (López & Levy, 2013; Moore, 2017). One common factor throughout these studies is stigma, which is known to be associated with less favorable attitudes toward seeking help (Moreland et al., 2018). However, researchers have not explored how stigma and attitudes might influence intentions to seek counseling and actual help-seeking behaviors in student-athletes. Additionally, there is a dearth of research identifying the topics for which student-athletes are most willing to seek help. Therefore, the purposes of this study were to investigate predictors of mental health help-seeking as well as identify topics for which college student-athletes are most likely to seek help. The sample consisted of participants (N = 325) from three Division II and III universities. Findings indicated public stigma was significantly related to self-stigma, but social network stigma was not. Self-stigma was related to attitudes and attitudes were related to intentions. Using logistic regression analysis, self-stigma and attitudes were found to be significant predictors of help-seeking behavior. Specifically, both were associated with an increased likelihood of having sought mental health services in the past. Regarding help-seeking topics, drug problems, depression, and excessive alcohol use were the highest rated issues for which student-athletes were likely to seek help, whereas concerns about sexuality, difficulty with friends, and body image were rated the lowest. The results of this study can be used to help sport psychologists and other mental health staff develop programming that might lead to increased service use amongst collegiate student-athletes. Specifically, it appears that using a multifaceted approach to improving attitudes could have the most meaningful effect on encouraging service use. The College Population .

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Section: Mental Health Interventionsmentioning

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Stigma, attitudes, and intentions to seek mental health services in college student-athletes

Hilliard

Watson

Zizzi

2020

Journal of American College Health

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“…Mental disorders must meet specific criteria for diagnosis and must be enduring, frequent, and severe (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Research has demonstrated consistently that athletes, at all ages and levels of competition, are under pressure to perform well and deal with many stressors, which may result in poor mental health (Coyle et al, 2017; Gorczynski et al, 2017a; Gulliver, 2017; Gulliver et al, 2015; Rice et al, 2016).…”

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Examining mental health literacy, help-seeking behaviours, distress, and wellbeing in UK coaches

Gorczynski

Gibson

Clarke

et al. 2020

European Physical Education Review

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Although research has explored stress in coaches, little is known about their mental health literacy and how this is associated with their mental health. Their mental health literacy may have an impact on the wellbeing of their young players. This study examined levels of mental health literacy, help-seeking behaviours, distress, and wellbeing, as well as relationships amongst these variables, in coaches in the United Kingdom. Coaches were recruited through social media and asked to fill out questionnaires. A total of 103 coaches ( n = 65 men, n = 37 women, n = 1 other gender) participated in the study. Coaches had an average age of 27.9 (SD = 10.6) years. Most self-identified as heterosexual ( n = 85, 82.5%), had four or more years of experience ( n = 46, 44.7%), coached children ( n = 77, 74.8%), and coached at either the beginner ( n = 30, 29.1%) or amateur levels ( n = 66, 64.1%). In total, 20 (19.4%) coaches indicated a previous diagnosis of a mental disorder. A total of 51 (49.5%) coaches indicated that, at the time of the completion of the survey, they exhibited symptoms of a mental disorder. Overall, the average mental health literacy score was 123.10 and lower than in previous studies. Mental health literacy was not significantly associated with help-seeking behaviour, distress, or wellbeing. General help-seeking behaviour was positively correlated with wellbeing. The results suggest that coach certification programmes could adopt strategies to help coaches improve their knowledge of mental health services and how such services may be accessed. These changes may improve the wellbeing of coaches and may benefit their athletes.

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Epidemiology of mental health conditions in incoming division I collegiate athletes

Sarac

Pedroza

et al. 2018

The Physician and Sportsmedicine

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The lifetime prevalence of mental health conditions in this population (14.0%) is far less than estimates in the general population. This observation may be due to a combination of factors including exercise/athletic participation mitigating depressive symptoms, competitive selection, and underreporting. History of a mental health condition may be associated with injury, although causation cannot be determined.

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Commentary: Mental Health in Sport (MHS): Improving the Early Intervention Knowledge and Confidence of Elite Sport Staff

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Stigma, attitudes, and intentions to seek mental health services in college student-athletes

Stigma, attitudes, and intentions to seek mental health services in college student-athletes

Examining mental health literacy, help-seeking behaviours, distress, and wellbeing in UK coaches

Epidemiology of mental health conditions in incoming division I collegiate athletes

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