TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying Psychological Difficulties in College Athletes
AU - Sutcliffe, Julie H.
AU - Greenberger, Paul A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Conflicts of interest: J. H. Sutcliffe reports no existing conflicts of interest, nor does she currently receive any funding from any sources outside of her employer, Stanford University . P. A. Greenberger reports receiving royalties from Wolters Kluwer (Up to Date reviewer, and book royalty), serving on the Allergenic Products Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration, and receiving institutional research support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases through Northwestern University , and from medical legal consulting.
Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Ernest S. Bazley Grant to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University.Conflicts of interest: J. H. Sutcliffe reports no existing conflicts of interest, nor does she currently receive any funding from any sources outside of her employer, Stanford University. P. A. Greenberger reports receiving royalties from Wolters Kluwer (Up to Date reviewer, and book royalty), serving on the Allergenic Products Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration, and receiving institutional research support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases through Northwestern University, and from medical legal consulting.
Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Ernest S. Bazley Grant to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - Psychological conditions occur frequently in college students. One contributing factor is the onset of most mental health disorders occurring in late adolescence and early adulthood, as well as the identity formation and individuation that is typical of this developmental stage. Precollege trauma (emotional, physical, sexual, and witness to violence) and lower socioeconomic status can set the stage for psychological difficulties. Some of many stressors that may affect college athletes include peer pressures, independence, need to please family, friends, and coaches, high level of expectations with a very strong commitment to succeeding and winning in competitive and intense intercollegiate sports, time management for academic demands, sports, relationships, and well-being, mood status, history of mental illness, injuries including concussions, and adjusting to the length of time for recovery from injuries, fears of reinjury, or return-to-play concerns, managing body and weight concerns related to performance, and unexpected medical conditions such as infectious mononucleosis. A case is presented of a patient who is a college student-athlete with mild intermittent asthma and seasonal allergic rhinitis who was found to have generalized anxiety, surreptitious cannabis use, and bulimic symptoms. He was angry at his position coach because of lack of playing time.
AB - Psychological conditions occur frequently in college students. One contributing factor is the onset of most mental health disorders occurring in late adolescence and early adulthood, as well as the identity formation and individuation that is typical of this developmental stage. Precollege trauma (emotional, physical, sexual, and witness to violence) and lower socioeconomic status can set the stage for psychological difficulties. Some of many stressors that may affect college athletes include peer pressures, independence, need to please family, friends, and coaches, high level of expectations with a very strong commitment to succeeding and winning in competitive and intense intercollegiate sports, time management for academic demands, sports, relationships, and well-being, mood status, history of mental illness, injuries including concussions, and adjusting to the length of time for recovery from injuries, fears of reinjury, or return-to-play concerns, managing body and weight concerns related to performance, and unexpected medical conditions such as infectious mononucleosis. A case is presented of a patient who is a college student-athlete with mild intermittent asthma and seasonal allergic rhinitis who was found to have generalized anxiety, surreptitious cannabis use, and bulimic symptoms. He was angry at his position coach because of lack of playing time.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Asthma
KW - College athletes
KW - Depression
KW - Difficult
KW - Psychological
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.03.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 32209401
AN - SCOPUS:85082973202
SN - 2213-2198
VL - 8
SP - 2216
EP - 2219
JO - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
JF - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
IS - 7
ER -
