Review Article
Depression in Football
Ricard Pruna1* and Khatija Bahdur21Medical Services FC Barcelona, FIFA Excellence Centre, Barcelona, Spain
2University of Zululand, Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
- *Corresponding Author:
- Ricard Pruna
MD, PhD, Medical Services FC Barcelona
FIFA Excellence Centre, Barcelona
Spain
Tel: +41-(0)43 222 7777
E-mail: ricard.pruna@fcbarcelona.cat
Received date: October 18, 2016; Accepted date: November 25, 2016; Published date: December 02, 2016
Citation: Pruna R, Bahdur K (2016) Depression in Football. J Nov Physiother 6: 317. doi:10.4172/2165-7025.1000317
Copyright: © 2016 Pruna R, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Recently there has been an increase in the importance of mental health in sport professionals. Studies have shown higher levels of depression than the general population. Biological components play a big role in endogenous research, and biological reasons for depression can include the genetic components that make up the individual. But a part from that, different factors linked with the biological predisposition as injuries, overtraining, sleep disturbance, retirement, alcohol, pressure and stress highlights the importance of proper social support structures that stakeholders within the clubs have to pay attention on, and invest in.
