Learning Objectives:

•Apply the 2026 International Olympic Committee Consensus guidance to your screening, surveillance and treatment of common mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes

•Describe stressors and environmental factors that impact elite athlete mental health

•Explain the need for more research on the mental health of elite athletes, especially Para athletes and adolescent athletes

•Identify common injectable peptides marketed to athletes for recovery and performance enhancement.

•Explain the current lack of evidence to support the use of these peptides by athletes desiring to optimize recovery and sport performance

•Summarize sports medicine physician perception of GLP-1 RA use by competitive athletes

•Compare the risk/benefit of GLP-1 RA drug effects that offer theoretical performance-enhancing potential