The Role of a Sport Psychiatrist on the Sports Medicine Team, Circa 2021 - 07/08/21

Doi : 10.1016/j.psc.2021.04.001

Todd Stull, MD ^a,^⁎ , Ira Glick, MD ^b, Danielle Kamis, MD ^b,^{^{1
Present address: 164 Main Street Sui 201, Los Altos, CA 94022.}}
^a Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, University of California Riverside, School of Medicine, UCR Health- Citrus Tower, 3390 University Avenue Suite 115, Riverside, CA, 92501, USA
^b Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

^∗Corresponding author.

Résumé

The field of sports psychiatry is in early stages of development and the role of the sport psychiatrist continues to evolve as the psychiatric needs of athletes become more apparent. Today’s sports psychiatrist has increasing roles, including treatment of athletes, coaches, and their support personnel as well as providing an in depth and broad understanding of the medical and psychiatric demands in sport. The ongoing development of the field will help determine the eventual growth and expansion in the field.

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Keywords : Sport Psychiatry, Sport Psychiatrist, Pharmacotherapy, Psychotherapy, Sports domain