title: Cricketers and mental health concerns.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this paper is to examine cricket history in order to illustrate some of the mental health issues present in Australia through the years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mood disorders, suicide, and drug and alcohol issues are among problems that have beset top level cricketers. A range of factors have contributed to the psychiatric problems that cricketers have encountered. Educating players may be a beneficial preventative strategy.
authors.affiliation: Western Mental Health, Woodville South, SA, Australia. james.hundertmark@nwahs.sa.gov.au
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hundertmark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011584:Psychology; D012944:Social Support; D013177:Sports / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs