Table 1.

The top three barriers to help-seeking as ranked by participants in written activity

Rank	Barriers	Scorea
1	Not knowing about mental disorders or what the symptoms are	18
2	Not knowing when to seek help	18
3	Worried about what others will think [pooled data: coach (7), friends (6), teammates (2), family (1)]	16

Note:^a Ranks reverse scored and cumulated across participants. Scores for each topic were calculated by cumulating the reverse-scored ranks (i.e., 1 = 3, 2 = 2, 3 = 1) across participants. Higher scores indicate higher ranked importance.