High performance sport heightens mental health and wellbeing pressure points, but the causes of distress start well before those elite environments, Ashley Stanley writes. OPINION: We live in a world that stigmatises mental health but mourns suicide. And a second independent review was confirmed by Cycling New Zealand and High Performance Sport New Zealand around the sport's high performance culture. And mental health and wellbeing is an enormous factor in keeping fit and chasing those goals. Emma Simpson/Unsplash The slowing down in lockdown may be a good time for New Zealand's to reflect on the state of the nation's mental health.

Source: Stuff August 25, 2021 17:03 UTC