Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Department of Psychology, McLean Hospital, Belmont, USA.
Sports Med. 2024 Dec;54(12):2979-2991. doi: 10.1007/s40279-024-02116-y. Epub 2024 Oct 1.
The Boston Marathon is a highly regarded event in the running world, not just for its prestige and challenging course, but also for its implementation of a psychology team to support runners. The 2013 Boston Marathon bombings underscored the essential role that mental health support plays at this event, prompting the development and expansion of its innovative care model. This review critically outlines, evaluates, and analyzes the approach and effectiveness of the psychological care model provided to runners on race day as part of the Boston Marathon medical team, including the standard of care, how it functions, and best practices for other marathons. The implications for this review contribute to the increasing trend of providing psychological care in marathon and other athletic settings, and to provide a framework for standardizing assessment and intervention procedures for both elite and novice runners.
波士顿马拉松在跑步界是一项备受推崇的赛事，不仅因其声望和具有挑战性的赛道，还因为其实施了一支心理学团队来支持参赛者。2013 年波士顿马拉松爆炸事件突显了心理健康支持在该赛事中的重要作用，促使其创新护理模式的发展和扩展。本综述批判性地概述、评估和分析了作为波士顿马拉松医疗团队一部分，在比赛日为参赛者提供的心理护理模式的方法和效果，包括护理标准、运作方式以及其他马拉松赛事的最佳实践。这篇综述的意义在于越来越多地在马拉松和其他运动环境中提供心理护理，并为精英和新手跑步者的评估和干预程序提供了一个标准化的框架。
