AUTHOR=Donohue Brad , Scott Jesse , Goodwin Grace , Barchard Kimberly A. , Bohall Greg , Allen Daniel N. 

TITLE=Initial examination of the mental health disorders: screening instrument for athletes

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1029229

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1029229

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=There is a need to psychometrically develop assessment instruments capable of screening mental health disorders in collegiate athlete populations. The current study was conducted to determine reliability, validity and clinical utility of the Mental Health Disorders Screening Instrument for Athletes (MHDSIA). Factor analysis determined a single factor with good internal consistency, and this factor was positively correlated with an established measure of psychiatric symptomology (i.e., concurrent validity). Clinical cutoff scores were determined using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analyses to assist appropriate mental health referrals. Future recommendations for mental health screening are discussed.