Starting young to protect elite athletes' mental health

Rosemary Purcell^{1

2}, Joanna Henderson³, Katherine A Tamminen⁴, Joshua Frost^{5

2}, Kate Gwyther^{5

2}, Gretchen Kerr⁶, Jeemin Kim⁷, Vita Pilkington^{5

2}, Simon M Rice^{5

2}, Courtney C Walton^{5

2}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia rosie.purcell@orygen.org.au.
² Research and Knowledge Translation, Orygen, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

Editorial

Rosemary Purcell et al. Br J Sports Med. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;57(8):439-440.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106352. Epub 2023 Feb 16.

¹ Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia rosie.purcell@orygen.org.au.
² Research and Knowledge Translation, Orygen, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Adolescent; Anxiety; Depression; Psychiatry; Suicide.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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