Mental health in elite sport is receiving more publicity due to an increase in male athletes
sharing their personal experiences. Sports injury is recognised as the major risk factor for …

Background There is increasing recognition of the prevalence and risk factors for mental
health symptoms and disorders among adult elite athletes, with less research involving elite …

Mental health symptoms and disorders are common among elite athletes, may have sport
related manifestations within this population and impair performance. Mental health cannot …

Objective We aimed to investigate eating disorder pathology in German elite adolescent
athletes. Evidence suggests that eating disorder pathology is more common in adult elite …

Background Substances from various classes may be used for recreational purposes, self-
treatment or to boost performance. When substance use shifts from occasional to regular …

Context: Cannabis use has increased, in large part due to decriminalization. Despite this
increase in usage, it remains unclear what proportion of athletes use cannabis and what …

Objectives Good health is the basic foundation for peak performance in elite sports, yet
athletes are often conflicted between protecting their health for the sake of being able to …

Doping is typically referred to by some legal/moral heuristics, labelling the activity illegal and
unfair, and condemning doping users as cheats and rogues. Whilst these heuristics …

Aims: The aim of this research was to compare the levels of perceived health literacy among
adolescents who do or do not participate in sports club activities. Organized sport club …

Objectives All adolescent elite athletes are subjected to extensive additional stressors
compared to their age-mates, but only some show symptoms of athlete burnout (ABO). In this …