@article{ref1,
title="National Collegiate Athletic Association athletic departments' mental health screening practices: who, what, when, and how",
journal="Journal of clinical sport psychology",
year="2021",
author="Drew, Megan and Petrie, Trent A. and Palmateer, Tess",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="College student athletes face unique, sport-related stressors that may lead to, or exacerbate, mental health (MH) concerns and symptoms. Although the National Collegiate Athletic Association has identified MH screening as a best practice, minimal data exist regarding contemporary screening practices. We explored National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I (DI), Division II (DII), and Division III (DIII) athletic departments' current MH screening practices (N = 264). Compared with DII/DIII (53%), a greater percentage of Division I (89%) conducted formal MH screening. At DII/DIII institutions, athletic trainers were more likely to both administer and review screeners than any other sports medicine professional; sport psychologists primarily oversaw these tasks at DI schools. DI, compared with DII/DIII, institutions were more likely to have had a student athlete attempt suicide (62% vs. 40%) and participate in inpatient treatment (69% vs. 43%). There is a clear need for the National Collegiate Athletic Association to continue to promote policies that support MH screening and to create mechanisms in which it can monitor institutional involvement.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-9261",
doi="10.1123/jcsp.2021-0036",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2021-0036"
}