Elite athletes suffer many mental health symptoms and disorders at rates equivalent to or exceeding those of the general population. COVID-19 has created new strains on elite athletes, thus potentially increasing their vulnerability to mental health symptoms. This manuscript serves as a narrative review of the impact of the pandemic on management of those symptoms in elite athletes and ensuing recommendations to guide that management.

FInd the full article here: 2020 mental health management of athletes during covid.pdf

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By Drs. Carla Edwards, MD @Edwards10Carla and Jane Thornton @JaneSThornton

ISSP Board Member Dr. Ira Glick will be featured in ESPN's new 20-hour film entitled Basketball: A Love Story. The press release is available here and see the trailer here.

You can read Ironman's policy for athletes here.

These regulations affect events from 400m to the mile. Learn more by clicking here.

Compelling stories and worth the read. See more here. 

The most recent meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Special Interest Group in Sport and Exercise Psychiatry (SEPSIG) took place on Friday September 22nd at the Institute of Sport Exercise and Health. You can read more about it here.