Prevalence of depression and anxiety in top-level male and female football players

Scientific studies on the prevalence of mental health problems in elite athletes are rare, and most have had considerable methodological limitations, such as low response rate and heterogeneous samples.To evaluate the prevalence of depression and anxiety in top-level football players in comparison to the general population, and to analyse potential risk factors.Players of all first league (FL) and of four U-21 football teams in Switzerland were...