New centre gives elite athletes the tailored mental health support they need


New centre gives elite athletes the tailored mental health support they need


....The Canadian Centre for Mental Health and Sport tries to address something people might not think about — that the nature of high-level sport can sometimes contribute to mental strain in athletes.

Krista Van Slingerland, a PhD candidate and one of the centre`s co-founders, said her own struggles with mental health as an elite basketball player pushed her to help start the centre.

"It`s `win at all costs,` and that doesn`t really mix with being mentally healthy," Van Slingerland said.....

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Bethany`s Notes: The world`s second center specifically dedicated to supporting elite athletes that might struggle with mental health. Sweden built the first one in 2015 and now a place in Canada, set to focus on the same type of thing, has just opened.

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