Psychiatric treatment preferences of sports psychiatrists for athlete-patients across competitive levels: a 2024 update
Sports psychiatrists tend to prefer medications that are relatively more energizing and less likely to cause weight gain. They undertake medical evaluations for their athlete-patients with relatively great frequency. Their preferred psychotherapy types are skills-based and can be completed within relatively short time-frames.
Authors
- Shane Creado
- Malte Christian Claussen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8415-3076)
- Alan Currie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5617-4868)
- Carla Edwards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2256-1963)
- Claudia L. Reardon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1767-1500)
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- English Institute of Sport (GB)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Cumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Amen Clinics (US)
- Vitality Institute (US)
- United Kingdom Sport (GB)
- Newcastle Hospitals - Campus for Ageing and Vitality (GB)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Physician and Sportsmedicine
- Published
- 2025-04-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.2025.2495545
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.78