Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019)

Mental health symptoms and disorders are common among elite athletes, may have sport related manifestations within this population and impair performance. Mental health cannot be separated from physical health, as evidenced by mental health symptoms and disorders increasing the risk of physical injury and delaying subsequent recovery. There are no evidence or consensus based guidelines for diagnosis and management of mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes. Diagnosis must differentiate character traits particular to elite athletes from psychosocial maladaptations. Management strategies should address all contributors to mental health symptoms and consider biopsychosocial factors relevant to athletes to maximise benefit and minimise harm. Management must involve both treatment of affected individual athletes and optimising environments in which all elite athletes train and compete. To advance a more standardised, evidence based approach to mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes, an International Olympic Committee Consensus Work Group critically evaluated the current state of science and provided recommendations

El testimonio del micénico a propósito de los nombres de las distintas fuerzas en Homero

As a starting point for a forthcoming analysis of the Homeric terms covering the generic meaning of ‘strength’ (ἀλκή, βίη, δύναμις, ἴς, ἰσχύς, κράτος, κῦδος, μένος and σθένος), the author discusses the occurrence of such terms in the Mycenaean tablets for purposes of future comparison. Since these documents were written on bureaucratic grounds, this discussion goes only through the personal names, whose interpretation is likely to show the said terms

Alberta Gambling Research Institute Conference 2021: Gambling in Canada: Current Research & Future Directions

Conference presentations and research posters presented at the event made available with the permission of the authors.The Alberta Gambling Research Institute's 20th Annual Conference "Gambling in Canada: Current Research & Future Directions" took place April 27-29, 2021 as a live virtual event. A selection of conference presentations and research posters presented at the event have been made available with the permission of the authors