Occurrence of mental health symptoms and disorders in current and former elite athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Our meta-analyses showed that the prevalence of mental health symptoms and disorders ranged from 19% for alcohol misuse to 34% for anxiety/depression for current elite athletes, and from 16% for distress to 26% for anxiety/depression for former elite athletes.
PMID: 31097451 [PubMed - in process]

Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - May 18, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Gouttebarge V, Castaldelli-Maia JM, Gorczynski P, Hainline B, Hitchcock ME, Kerkhoffs GM, Rice SM, Reardon CL Tags: Br J Sports Med Source Type: research