Trends in College Student-Athlete Mental Health in the National College Health Assessment (NCHA), 2011-2019

CONCLUSIONS: Athletes reported overall lower levels of symptoms, diagnoses, and academic impacts than non-athletes. While non-athlete rates climbed over the past decade, athletes' rates broadly remained flat or climbed less rapidly. Increasingly positive attitudes toward treatment are encouraging, but the deficit relative to non-athletes remains. Ongoing efforts of athletic trainers to educate athletes and guide them to mental health resources are needed in order to continue (or, better yet, accelerate) the observed positive trends in information dissemination and treatment-seeking.PMID:34902857 | DOI:10.4085/1062-6050-586-21
Source: J Athl Train - Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Source Type: research