Working with sports organizations and teams.
Athletes and coaches at all competitive levels will utilize sports performance and psychiatric services at very high rates if the services are offered on-site and free of charge and are broad in scope and culturally sensitive. Services should be available throughout the team year and cover areas such as team building, mental preparation, stress control, substance prevention, sleep and energy regulation, injury recovery, crisis intervention, and mental disorder treatment. The staff offering these services should be diverse by gender, profession, and culture, and the fees should be paid by the organization. When these services are endorsed by the team's leaders and integrated with the athletic training/medical/player development staff, their utilization will grow quickly and lead to positive outcomes individually and collectively.
a University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore , MD , USA.
David R
DR
McDuff
b Maryland Centers for Psychiatry , MD , USA.
Michelle
M
Garvin
D056352:Athletes / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D009938:Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*
Athlete; coaches; sport psychology; sports performance; sports psychiatry; teams