{"id":11718,"date":"2025-09-08T10:50:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=11718"},"modified":"2025-09-08T10:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:46:58","slug":"barriers-to-mental-health-help-seeking-among-olympic-and-paralympic-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2025\/09\/08\/barriers-to-mental-health-help-seeking-among-olympic-and-paralympic-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Barriers to mental health help-seeking among Olympic and Paralympic coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This blog summarises a recently published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bjsm.bmj.com\/content\/early\/2025\/06\/03\/bjsports-2024-109247\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">study<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in BJSM investigating barriers to mental health help-seeking among Olympic and Paralympic coaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why is this study important?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Olympic and Paralympic coaches face a range of stressors that may compromise their mental health and wellbeing. These demands may include the pressure of having to qualify for a Games, managing resources and performance objectives set by national governing bodies, frequent travel, social isolation, and persistent job insecurity [1]. Considering these pressures, current research indicates that elite-level sports coaches are susceptible to a range of symptoms and disorders associated with mental ill-health, including depression, anxiety, adverse alcohol use and burnout [2].<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To reduce the risk of Olympic and Paralympic coaches experiencing mental ill-health or a mental health crisis, help-seeking is considered an effective early intervention strategy [3]. While current research suggests that stigma, a fear of deselection and confidentiality-related concerns may operate as barriers to help-seeking for elite athletes [4], little is known about factors that influence help-seeking among elite coaches, including Olympic and Paralympic coaches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To address this research gap, our study examined the perceived challenges that limit mental health help-seeking in Olympic and Paralympic coaches. In addition, to inform sporting organisations and bodies about ways to reduce barriers to help-seeking, our study also aimed to identify which challenges were viewed as most and least important and feasible to address.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How did the study go about this?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In total, 10 Olympic and Paralympic coaches and 9 mental health professionals who worked with Olympic and Paralympic coaches participated in our mixed-methods group concept mapping study. Participants were initially asked to provide as many single-idea responses to the prompt:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What makes it challenging for an Olympic or Paralympic coach to seek help for their mental health?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once all participants had responded to the focus prompt the research team reviewed each participant-generated statement to remove and synthesise irrelevant, unclear and duplicate responses. With a finalised list of 68 unique statements, participants were then asked to sort each statement into groups that made sense to them. Participants also rated the importance and feasibility of each statement by responding to the following questions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On a scale of 1 (least important) to 5 (most important), how important do you think this challenge is to Olympic and Paralympic coaches seeking mental health support?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 and<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHow feasible do you think it is to do something about this challenge?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>What did the study find?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ten core challenges that limit Olympic and Paralympic coaches from seeking mental health support were identified, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(1) Pressures and instability within high-performance sports environments<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(2) Stigma associated with mental health help-seeking<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(3) Lack of prioritisation for own mental health care<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(4) Lack of environmental safety to seek mental health support<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(5) Lack of adequate mental health literacy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(6) Time constraints<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(7) Expectations to manage role-related pressures<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(8) Misconceptions about mental resilience<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(9) Lack of access to mental health support<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(10) Hesitance to engage with mental health practitioners<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, participants perceived \u2018pressures and instability within high-performance sports environments\u2019 as the most important, yet least feasible barrier to address. Conversely, a \u2018lack of adequate mental health literacy\u2019 was considered the most feasible challenge to address.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What are the key take-home points?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We found that Olympic and Paralympic coaches encounter a range of individual, cultural and environmental factors that act as barriers to seeking help for their mental health. While systemic factors were generally <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">viewed as the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> most important barriers to resolve (e.g. pressures and instability within high-performance sports environments, stigma associated with mental health help-seeking), these factors were largely considered least feasible to address. While sports organisations should prioritise tackling culturally embedded barriers to help-seeking, dynamic individual factors with high feasibility may offer short-term solutions (e.g. offering evidence-based mental health literacy programs).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11719\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2025\/09\/Barriers-to-mental-health-help-seeking-Infographic-120x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"1316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2025\/09\/Barriers-to-mental-health-help-seeking-Infographic-120x300.png 120w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2025\/09\/Barriers-to-mental-health-help-seeking-Infographic-768x1920.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2025\/09\/Barriers-to-mental-health-help-seeking-Infographic-614x1536.png 614w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2025\/09\/Barriers-to-mental-health-help-seeking-Infographic-640x1600.png 640w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2025\/09\/Barriers-to-mental-health-help-seeking-Infographic.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Authors Information<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joshua Frost<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ab<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Courtney C. Walton<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">bc<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Alex Donaldson<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Simon M. Rice<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">bf<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and Rosemary Purcell<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">b) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elite Sports and Mental Health, Orygen, Melbourne, Australia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">c) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">d) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Centre for Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Melbourne Australia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Australian IOC Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">f) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Movember Institute of Men\u2019s Health, Richmond, Victoria, AustraliaX: @joshfrost77<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>References<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Norris, L. A., Didymus, F. F., &amp; Kaiseler, M. (2017). Stressors, coping, and well-being among sports coaches: A systematic review. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 33, 93-112. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.psychsport.2017.08.005\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.psychsport.2017.08.005<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Frost, J., Walton, C. C., Purcell, R., Fisher, K., Gwyther, K., Kocherginsky, M., &amp; Rice, S. M. (2024). The Mental Health of Elite-Level Coaches: A Systematic Scoping Review. Sports Medicine &#8211; Open, 10(1), 16. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s40798-023-00655-8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s40798-023-00655-8<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Frost, J., Walton, C. C., Purcell, R., &amp; Rice, S. M. (2023). Supporting The Mental Health Of Elite-Level Coaches Through Early Intervention. Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, 5(4). <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.asmr.2023.04.017\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.asmr.2023.04.017<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cosh, S. M., McNeil, D. G., Jeffreys, A., Clark, L., &amp; Tully, P. J. (2024). Athlete mental health help-seeking: A systematic review and meta-analysis of rates, barriers and facilitators. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 71, 102586. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.psychsport.2023.102586\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.psychsport.2023.102586<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog summarises a recently published study in BJSM investigating barriers to mental health help-seeking among Olympic and Paralympic coaches. Why is this study important? Olympic and Paralympic coaches face a range of stressors that may compromise their mental health and wellbeing. 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