Athletes experience many anxiety symptoms and disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder, at rates approximating those in the non-athlete population. Athletes may experience the anxiety-related disorders of obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder at rates exceeding those in the non-athlete population. Sport- and non-sport factors may precipitate or worsen anxiety symptoms and disorders in athletes. Clinicians should take into account athletes` psychosocial context and physiology when treating athletes for anxiety symptoms and disorders.
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