MedPage Today August 18, 2024
— Jessica Bartley, PsyD, talks about her approach to keeping Olympians mentally fit
In this exclusive video interview, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, sits down with Jessica Bartley, PsyD, senior director of psychological services for the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, to discuss providing mental health support to athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The following is a transcript of their remarks:
Bartley: I’m Dr. Jessica Bartley, I’m the senior director of psychological services at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, and this is my third Olympic Games.
Faust: The typical question I lead with is: What common injuries do you prepare for? But you’re thinking about something a little different.
Bartley: Yeah. So, we do a...