Suicide in athletes: a review and commentary
| Autor: | Antonia L. Baum |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Suicide Prevention Competitive Behavior Sports arena Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders sports Culture MEDLINE Poison control Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Comorbidity Suicide prevention Feeding and Eating Disorders Risk Factors Intervention (counseling) Injury prevention Medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine sports.facility Sex Distribution Doping in Sports Retirement biology business.industry Athletes Sex Offenses Homosexuality medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Causality Suicide Athletic Injuries Female Medical emergency business Medical literature Clinical psychology Sports |
| Zdroj: | Clinics in sports medicine. 24(4) |
| ISSN: | 1556-228X |
| Popis: | Not only are athletes at risk for psychiatric illness, but they are at risk of suicide. In an effort to learn more about suicide in athletes and those connected to the sports arena, a review of the medical literature from 1960 to 2000 was conducted through Medline, and a review of the periodical literature from 1980 to 2000 was conducted through Infotrac. These reviews revealed 71 cases of athletes who have either contemplated, attempted, or completed suicide. In this article, these cases are analyzed by sport, gender, and age. Through inference, an attempt to establish the etiologic basis for these behaviors is undertaken. Intervention and prevention strategies are discussed, based on the available data. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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