{
  "abstract": "The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) recent announcement of the Olympic Esports Games signals a new era of institutional recognition for esports players and the field. Despite the elevation of esports to Olympic status, the accompanying attention to protecting and enhancing mental health among esports players has yet to be addressed. This editorial calls on sports medicine, public health and esports stakeholders to treat esports as a legitimate high-performance context and take seriously the mental health of those who compete.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Movember Institute of Men’s Health, Richmond, Victoria, Australia",
        "Physical Activity, Sport, and Exercise Research Theme, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Dylan R Poulus"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Movember Institute of Men’s Health, Richmond, Victoria, Australia",
        "Centre of Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia",
        "Orygen, Parkville, Victoria, Australia",
        "Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Simon Rice"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Time to monitor the mental health of esports athletes",
  "uid": "174338ad-2b67-517a-bae4-b6ca7cd203f8"
}