FEPSAC position statement: Mental health disorders in elite athletes and models of service provision

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue , 2018, Pages 61-71

  Moesch, Karin ^a,b,c   Kenttä, Göran ^a,d,e   Kleinert, Jens ^f   Quignon Fleuret, Cédric ^g   Cecil, Sarah ^h   Bertollo, Maurizio ^c,i,j  

^a Swedish Sports Confederation   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FEPSAC Managing Council   (Belgium)

^d SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

^h ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SUFFOLK   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Clinical treatment; Diagnostic assessment; Education; Professional service providers; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048508515     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.05.013     Document Type: Review

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