Anxiety disorders in athletes

Claudia L. Reardon; Paul Gorczynski; Brian Hainline; Mary Hitchcock; Rosemary Purcell; Simon Rice; Courtney C. Walton

doi:10.1016/j.ypsc.2021.05.010

Anxiety disorders in athletes

Claudia L. Reardon, Paul Gorczynski, Brian Hainline, Mary Hitchcock, Rosemary Purcell, Simon Rice, Courtney C. Walton

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

Athletes experience anxiety symptoms and disorders at rates similar to those in the general population. Many sport- and non-sport risk factors are associated with anxiety in this population. Anxiety has implications for sport performance—an important area of life functioning for many athletes. Specific types of anxiety (e.g., panic disorder or social anxiety disorder) may have nuanced manifestations in athletes. After ruling out non-psychiatric medical causes of anxiety in athletes, management options include psychotherapy and pharmacology. Treatment should take into account athletes’ particular psychosocial context and their physiology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	149-160
Journal	Advances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Volume	1
Issue number	1
Early online date	9 Aug 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypsc.2021.05.010
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2021

Keywords

anxiety
athletes
sport
performance anxiety
psychiatry
generalized anxiety
panic disorder
obsessive-compulsive disorder

Access to Document

10.1016/j.ypsc.2021.05.010

Cite this

@article{b41102609f774fe18944240138ac83a9,

title = "Anxiety disorders in athletes",

abstract = "Athletes experience anxiety symptoms and disorders at rates similar to those in the general population. Many sport- and non-sport risk factors are associated with anxiety in this population. Anxiety has implications for sport performance—an important area of life functioning for many athletes. Specific types of anxiety (e.g., panic disorder or social anxiety disorder) may have nuanced manifestations in athletes. After ruling out non-psychiatric medical causes of anxiety in athletes, management options include psychotherapy and pharmacology. Treatment should take into account athletes{\textquoteright} particular psychosocial context and their physiology.",

keywords = "anxiety, athletes, sport, performance anxiety, psychiatry, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder",

author = "Reardon, {Claudia L.} and Paul Gorczynski and Brian Hainline and Mary Hitchcock and Rosemary Purcell and Simon Rice and Walton, {Courtney C.}",

year = "2021",

month = sep,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1016/j.ypsc.2021.05.010",

language = "English",

volume = "1",

pages = "149--160",

journal = "Advances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health",

issn = "2667-3827",

publisher = "Elsevier",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Anxiety disorders in athletes

AU - Reardon, Claudia L.

AU - Gorczynski, Paul

AU - Hainline, Brian

AU - Hitchcock, Mary

AU - Purcell, Rosemary

AU - Rice, Simon

AU - Walton, Courtney C.

PY - 2021/9/1

Y1 - 2021/9/1

N2 - Athletes experience anxiety symptoms and disorders at rates similar to those in the general population. Many sport- and non-sport risk factors are associated with anxiety in this population. Anxiety has implications for sport performance—an important area of life functioning for many athletes. Specific types of anxiety (e.g., panic disorder or social anxiety disorder) may have nuanced manifestations in athletes. After ruling out non-psychiatric medical causes of anxiety in athletes, management options include psychotherapy and pharmacology. Treatment should take into account athletes’ particular psychosocial context and their physiology.

AB - Athletes experience anxiety symptoms and disorders at rates similar to those in the general population. Many sport- and non-sport risk factors are associated with anxiety in this population. Anxiety has implications for sport performance—an important area of life functioning for many athletes. Specific types of anxiety (e.g., panic disorder or social anxiety disorder) may have nuanced manifestations in athletes. After ruling out non-psychiatric medical causes of anxiety in athletes, management options include psychotherapy and pharmacology. Treatment should take into account athletes’ particular psychosocial context and their physiology.

KW - anxiety

KW - athletes

KW - sport

KW - performance anxiety

KW - psychiatry

KW - generalized anxiety

KW - panic disorder

KW - obsessive-compulsive disorder

UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/advances-in-psychiatry-and-behavioral-health

U2 - 10.1016/j.ypsc.2021.05.010

DO - 10.1016/j.ypsc.2021.05.010

M3 - Article

SN - 2667-3827

VL - 1

SP - 149

EP - 160

JO - Advances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

JF - Advances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

IS - 1

ER -

Anxiety disorders in athletes

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this