Athlete mental health help-seeking: A systematic review and meta-analysis of rates, barriers and facilitators.

Mental disorders Mental illness Psychological distress Service access Service uptake Service utilisation Sporting bodies Wellbeing

Journal

Psychology of sport and exercise
ISSN: 1878-5476
Titre abrégé: Psychol Sport Exerc
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101088724

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
19 Dec 2023
Historique:
received: 25 05 2023
revised: 07 12 2023
accepted: 13 12 2023
medline: 22 12 2023
pubmed: 22 12 2023
entrez: 21 12 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Athletes are vulnerable to a range of mental health symptoms, in part due to stressors within the sport environment. An early intervention framework suggests the benefits of routine screening and referral for mental health, however, greater understanding around athlete help-seeking is needed to support referral uptake. This review examined rates of formal help-seeking behaviour as well as barriers and facilitators to help-seeking in sport settings. Relevant studies were retrieved from SportDiscus, PubMed and PsycInfo, with unpublished studies identified through contacting authors. Help-seeking rates were meta-analysed and barriers and facilitators were meta-synthesised. Twenty-two studies were included. Help-seeking rates were reported in 11 studies (N = 3415) and the pooled proportion of help-seeking was 22.4 % (95 % CI 16.2-30.2, I

Identifiants

pubmed: 38128709
pii: S1469-0292(23)00210-8
doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102586
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

102586

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Auteurs

S M Cosh (SM)

School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia; School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. Electronic address: scosh@une.edu.au.

D G McNeil (DG)

Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University, Ballarat, Australia.

A Jeffreys (A)

School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.

L Clark (L)

Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

P J Tully (PJ)

School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia; Discipline of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.

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